Bryony
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRY-o-nee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Bryony is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “bryony, a climbing plant”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Bryony mean?
English: plant name, from Greek bryonia
“bryony, a climbing plant”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bryony a girl's or a boy's name?
Bryony is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bryony in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Bryony, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,213th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 372 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Bryony since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Bryony in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Bryony or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
- Bryony 13
- Briony 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Bryony in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 37 | #1,011 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,213 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,220 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 2017 | 40 | #992 |
| 2016 | 40 | #985 |
| 2015 | 33 | #1,132 |
| 2014 | 51 | #819 |
| 2013 | 37 | #1,044 |
| 2012 | 54 | #785 |
| 2011 | 61 | #705 |
| 2010 | 71 | #617 |
| 2009 | 78 | #554 |
| 2008 | 87 | #498 |
| 2007 | 97 | #456 |
| 2006 | 106 | #420 |
| 2005 | 123 | #357 |
| 2004 | 123 | #343 |
| 2003 | 186 | #262 |
| 2002 | 201 | #241 |
| 2001 | 177 | #259 |
| 2000 | 234 | #204 |
| 1999 | 325 | #161 |
| 1998 | 341 | #152 |
| 1997 | 357 | #149 |
| 1996 | 372 | #135 |
How popular is Bryony in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Bryony, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Bryony in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bryony in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
Names like Bryony
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy, Caoimhe, Keira, Bree, Caragh, Teagan, Ffion, Kennedy, Eowyn, Raegan, Rhiannon, Briar
Other spellings of Bryony
Names related to Bryony
Bronwyn, Brynn, Bryonie, Bryn, Bryna, Bryonna, Breyona, Bryona
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Bryony: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bryony, updated 20 October 2026.