Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bryan

#88 most common boys' name of all time · #181 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among boys
#88
Rank overall
#181 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
391,306
Since 2016
13,980
Peak year
1985 #48
Best rank
#42 1977
Girls Boys peak 8,788/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Bryan first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 1,005 1,005 #336
2024 — 1,105 1,105 #308
2023 — 1,082 1,082 #306
2022 — 1,172 1,172 #291
2021 5 1,211 1,216 #285
2020 — 1,359 1,359 #259
2019 — 1,425 1,425 #255
2018 — 1,641 1,641 #233
2017 — 1,840 1,840 #211
2016 5 2,130 2,135 #186
2015 — 2,492 2,492 #166
2014 9 2,731 2,740 #149
2013 — 2,893 2,893 #133
2012 10 3,083 3,093 #121
2011 7 3,521 3,528 #110
2010 13 3,938 3,951 #97
2009 9 4,856 4,865 #92
2008 14 5,505 5,519 #82
2007 11 6,180 6,191 #78
2006 16 6,699 6,715 #66
2005 11 6,454 6,465 #72
2004 29 6,732 6,761 #65
2003 20 6,619 6,639 #64
2002 24 6,617 6,641 #64
2001 26 6,125 6,151 #69
2000 27 6,143 6,170 #70
1999 23 5,391 5,414 #74
1998 13 5,309 5,322 #74
1997 24 5,251 5,275 #69
1996 17 5,560 5,577 #66
1995 17 5,444 5,461 #70
1994 22 5,606 5,628 #66
1993 36 6,159 6,195 #61
1992 27 6,835 6,862 #57
1991 34 6,757 6,791 #61
1990 29 7,439 7,468 #57
1989 36 7,851 7,887 #56
1988 53 8,036 8,089 #54
1987 61 8,560 8,621 #51
1986 56 8,651 8,707 #47
1985 71 8,717 8,788 #48
1984 63 8,270 8,333 #48
1983 69 8,191 8,260 #47
1982 56 7,498 7,554 #49
1981 49 7,215 7,264 #48
1980 65 7,513 7,578 #49
1979 40 7,441 7,481 #46
1978 55 7,291 7,346 #43
1977 44 7,886 7,930 #42
1976 40 7,288 7,328 #43
1975 34 6,998 7,032 #47
1974 42 7,226 7,268 #45
1973 37 7,110 7,147 #43
1972 44 7,035 7,079 #45
1971 38 6,611 6,649 #48
1970 36 6,452 6,488 #53
1969 36 6,469 6,505 #51
1968 32 6,254 6,286 #51
1967 29 6,017 6,046 #52
1966 21 5,890 5,911 #52
1965 16 5,345 5,361 #63
1964 17 5,272 5,289 #70
1963 21 5,257 5,278 #73
1962 10 4,992 5,002 #82
1961 11 5,028 5,039 #82
1960 15 4,780 4,795 #88
1959 13 4,488 4,501 #94
1958 12 4,091 4,103 #101
1957 11 3,374 3,385 #115
1956 — 2,438 2,438 #132
1955 — 1,568 1,568 #177
1954 — 1,225 1,225 #204
1953 — 1,049 1,049 #210
1952 — 849 849 #230
1951 6 809 815 #235
1950 — 737 737 #248
1949 — 671 671 #249
1948 — 561 561 #284
1947 — 602 602 #278
1946 — 460 460 #302
1945 — 308 308 #343
1944 — 340 340 #327
1943 — 320 320 #345
1942 — 298 298 #351
1941 — 216 216 #394
1940 — 200 200 #408
1939 — 177 177 #429
1938 — 161 161 #457
1937 — 132 132 #502
1936 — 114 114 #538
1935 — 108 108 #553
1934 — 122 122 #533
1933 — 109 109 #549
1932 — 125 125 #516
1931 — 125 125 #516
1930 — 122 122 #545
1929 — 124 124 #523
1928 — 126 126 #545
1927 — 105 105 #609
1926 — 139 139 #514
1925 — 149 149 #499
1924 — 116 116 #592
1923 — 98 98 #651
1922 — 119 119 #591
1921 — 103 103 #627
1920 — 83 83 #716
1919 — 87 87 #668
1918 — 77 77 #730
1917 — 52 52 #887
1916 — 45 45 #960
1915 — 50 50 #872
1914 — 52 52 #729
1913 — 45 45 #674
1912 — 27 27 #866
1911 — 15 15 #881
1910 — 12 12 #961
1909 — 20 20 #613
1908 — 27 27 #487
1907 — 22 22 #510
1906 — 9 9 #900
1905 — 10 10 #824
1904 — 14 14 #637
1903 — 10 10 #772
1902 — 11 11 #735
1901 — 19 19 #452
1900 — 55 55 #280
1899 — 36 36 #293
1898 — 57 57 #232
1897 — 97 97 #160
1896 — 157 157 #117
1895 — 27 27 #367
1894 — 9 9 #779
1893 — 5 5 #1,119
1892 — 10 10 #743
1890 — 7 7 #868
1886 — 5 5 #1,057
1883 — 6 6 #879