Bryon
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Bryon is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Bryon mean?
Irish
A male given name from Irish, a nonstandard spelling of Brian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Bryon a girl's or a boy's name?
Bryon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bryon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Bryon, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 451 boys. It first appears in the records in 1897.
Half of all the boys named Bryon in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,359 boys in the US were given Bryon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #174, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Bryon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,620 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,143 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,167 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,160 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 78 | #1,769 |
| 2005 | 90 | #1,552 |
| 2004 | 81 | #1,601 |
| 2003 | 80 | #1,575 |
| 2002 | 97 | #1,354 |
| 2001 | 93 | #1,364 |
| 2000 | 102 | #1,268 |
| 1999 | 122 | #1,093 |
| 1998 | 124 | #1,061 |
| 1997 | 133 | #977 |
| 1996 | 130 | #972 |
| 1995 | 148 | #900 |
| 1994 | 147 | #894 |
| 1993 | 143 | #891 |
| 1992 | 183 | #768 |
| 1991 | 213 | #688 |
| 1990 | 205 | #706 |
| 1989 | 215 | #677 |
| 1988 | 273 | #558 |
| 1987 | 267 | #556 |
| 1986 | 242 | #568 |
| 1985 | 306 | #496 |
| 1984 | 287 | #500 |
| 1983 | 313 | #473 |
| 1982 | 312 | #484 |
| 1981 | 271 | #513 |
| 1980 | 338 | #458 |
| 1979 | 281 | #495 |
| 1978 | 349 | #421 |
| 1977 | 353 | #421 |
| 1976 | 347 | #416 |
| 1975 | 355 | #406 |
| 1974 | 369 | #404 |
| 1973 | 407 | #381 |
| 1972 | 422 | #384 |
| 1971 | 433 | #386 |
| 1970 | 451 | #382 |
| 1969 | 405 | #393 |
| 1968 | 401 | #389 |
| 1967 | 342 | #414 |
| 1966 | 337 | #411 |
| 1965 | 328 | #425 |
| 1964 | 345 | #430 |
| 1963 | 325 | #441 |
| 1962 | 313 | #448 |
| 1961 | 305 | #464 |
| 1960 | 314 | #454 |
| 1959 | 304 | #458 |
| 1958 | 298 | #455 |
| 1957 | 270 | #471 |
| 1956 | 151 | #618 |
| 1955 | 97 | #738 |
| 1954 | 94 | #738 |
| 1953 | 67 | #877 |
| 1952 | 67 | #849 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,016 |
| 1950 | 50 | #976 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,096 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,216 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1946 | 21 | #1,556 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,580 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
Names like Bryon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kevin Keenan Brennan Ryan Keegan Conan Devin Brayden Quinn Braden Brandon Cody
Other spellings of Bryon
Names related to Bryon
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Nolan Orla Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon
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, “Bryon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bryon, updated 20 October 2026.