Bryson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRY-son
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #968 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #152 for boys
Bryson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Brice”. In 2025 it ranked 968th for boys in the UK (35 babies) and 152nd for boys in the US (2,416 babies).
What does Bryson mean?
English: surname
“son of Brice”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bryson a girl's or a boy's name?
Bryson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the UK and 2,416 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bryson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #968among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 8,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were named Bryson, making it the 968th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 36 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bryson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,066th in England and Wales, 647th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Bryson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #968 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,064 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,028 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,157 |
| 2021 | 36 | #931 |
| 2020 | 32 | #981 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,082 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,119 |
| 2017 | 35 | #961 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,163 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Bryson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #152among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,416about 1 in 710 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,416 boys in the US were named Bryson, making it the 152nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 115th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 4,679 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had fewer boys named Bryson than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Bryson in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,787 boys in the US were given Bryson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #144, up from #152 for this spelling alone.
Bryson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,416 | #152 |
| 2024 | 2,479 | #147 |
| 2023 | 2,449 | #150 |
| 2022 | 2,712 | #136 |
| 2021 | 3,097 | #122 |
| 2020 | 3,218 | #115 |
| 2019 | 3,636 | #102 |
| 2018 | 4,225 | #92 |
| 2017 | 4,679 | #86 |
| 2016 | 4,372 | #94 |
| 2015 | 3,115 | #133 |
| 2014 | 3,427 | #115 |
| 2013 | 3,816 | #102 |
| 2012 | 4,042 | #94 |
| 2011 | 3,944 | #97 |
| 2010 | 3,392 | #120 |
| 2009 | 2,611 | #152 |
| 2008 | 2,231 | #178 |
| 2007 | 2,323 | #179 |
| 2006 | 2,315 | #176 |
| 2005 | 1,980 | #195 |
| 2004 | 1,916 | #200 |
| 2003 | 1,658 | #214 |
| 2002 | 1,471 | #229 |
| 2001 | 1,356 | #246 |
| 2000 | 1,206 | #269 |
| 1999 | 1,066 | #277 |
| 1998 | 860 | #321 |
| 1997 | 741 | #345 |
| 1996 | 689 | #353 |
| 1995 | 543 | #418 |
| 1994 | 467 | #468 |
| 1993 | 443 | #475 |
| 1992 | 394 | #510 |
| 1991 | 383 | #506 |
| 1990 | 333 | #551 |
| 1989 | 326 | #532 |
| 1988 | 312 | #518 |
| 1987 | 256 | #565 |
| 1986 | 262 | #548 |
| 1985 | 209 | #605 |
| 1984 | 194 | #611 |
| 1983 | 180 | #637 |
| 1982 | 178 | #650 |
| 1981 | 136 | #746 |
| 1980 | 136 | #751 |
| 1979 | 107 | #838 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,109 |
| 1977 | 54 | #1,198 |
| 1976 | 42 | #1,373 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,146 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,215 |
| 1973 | 35 | #1,435 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,783 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,844 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,325 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,194 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,207 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,302 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
Names like Bryson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Bryson
Names related to Bryson
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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, “Bryson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bryson, updated 20 October 2026.