How popular is the name Bryson?

Bryson ranks 343rd among boys' names in US records, with 84,691 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 35,650.

Is Bryson a unisex name?

No. Bryson is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2017, when 4,939 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Brysen. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#343 of boy names

Pronounced B R AY1 S AH0 N (ARPABET)

Bryson is a boys' name, and first appears in 1914. It has been given to 84,691 children — the 343rd most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2017, when 4,939 children were given it.

Brysen is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2017Boys: 4,939Girls: 8

These spellings sound identical to Bryson and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Bryson?: Bryson ranks 343rd among boys' names in US records, with 84,691 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 35,650.
Is Bryson a unisex name?: No. Bryson is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Bryson most popular?: 2017, when 4,939 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Bryson spelled?: Brysen. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.