Bryna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRY-na
- Origin
- Irish
Bryna is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bryna mean?
Irish: feminine form of Brian
A feminine form of Brian, the name of the Irish high king Brian Boru.
Is Bryna a girl's or a boy's name?
Bryna is a girls' name.
How popular is Bryna in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1926.
Half of all the girls named Bryna in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bryna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,528 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 |
| 1984 | 29 | #2,991 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,900 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,400 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,310 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
Names like Bryna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brenna Brianna Briana Cassidy Breanna Bridget Mckenna Bryanna Kenna Teagan Devyn Kiara
Names related to Bryna
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bryna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bryna, updated 20 October 2026.