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.

Bryson

#359 most common boys' name of all time · #793 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#359
Rank overall
#793 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
83,525
Since 2016
33,344
Peak year
2017 #86
Best rank
#86 2017
Girls Boys peak 4,687/yr
192019401960198020002020

Bryson first appears in 1914. 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 — 2,416 2,416 #152
2024 5 2,479 2,484 #147
2023 — 2,449 2,449 #150
2022 6 2,712 2,718 #136
2021 7 3,097 3,104 #122
2020 6 3,218 3,224 #115
2019 11 3,636 3,647 #102
2018 11 4,225 4,236 #92
2017 8 4,679 4,687 #86
2016 7 4,372 4,379 #94
2015 9 3,115 3,124 #133
2014 11 3,427 3,438 #115
2013 7 3,816 3,823 #102
2012 8 4,042 4,050 #94
2011 11 3,944 3,955 #97
2010 15 3,392 3,407 #120
2009 8 2,611 2,619 #152
2008 5 2,231 2,236 #178
2007 14 2,323 2,337 #179
2006 9 2,315 2,324 #176
2005 6 1,980 1,986 #195
2004 17 1,916 1,933 #200
2003 10 1,658 1,668 #214
2002 10 1,471 1,481 #229
2001 12 1,356 1,368 #247
2000 10 1,206 1,216 #269
1999 14 1,066 1,080 #277
1998 11 860 871 #321
1997 10 741 751 #346
1996 6 689 695 #353
1995 10 543 553 #418
1994 5 467 472 #468
1993 — 443 443 #476
1992 — 394 394 #510
1991 — 383 383 #508
1990 — 333 333 #552
1989 — 326 326 #535
1988 — 312 312 #518
1987 — 256 256 #566
1986 — 262 262 #549
1985 — 209 209 #605
1984 5 194 199 #611
1983 — 180 180 #639
1982 — 178 178 #652
1981 — 136 136 #748
1980 — 136 136 #752
1979 — 107 107 #839
1978 — 62 62 #1,114
1977 — 54 54 #1,204
1976 — 42 42 #1,382
1975 — 54 54 #1,155
1974 — 47 47 #1,224
1973 — 35 35 #1,453
1972 — 25 25 #1,794
1971 — 25 25 #1,807
1970 — 19 19 #2,084
1969 — 17 17 #2,096
1968 — 19 19 #1,873
1967 — 11 11 #2,555
1966 — 17 17 #1,932
1965 — 8 8 #3,118
1964 — 17 17 #2,014
1963 — 17 17 #2,014
1962 — 14 14 #2,244
1961 — 10 10 #2,805
1960 — 9 9 #2,986
1959 — 9 9 #2,929
1958 — 10 10 #2,733
1957 — 12 12 #2,453
1956 — 10 10 #2,735
1955 — 18 18 #1,883
1954 — 12 12 #2,407
1953 — 8 8 #3,029
1952 — 7 7 #3,229
1951 — 10 10 #2,604
1950 — 13 13 #2,188
1949 — 16 16 #1,925
1948 — 11 11 #2,409
1947 — 14 14 #2,146
1946 — 8 8 #2,827
1945 — 9 9 #2,524
1944 — 11 11 #2,278
1943 — 17 17 #1,825
1942 — 7 7 #3,115
1941 — 11 11 #2,307
1940 — 8 8 #2,800
1939 — 8 8 #2,769
1938 — 8 8 #2,787
1937 — 10 10 #2,433
1936 — 9 9 #2,587
1934 — 9 9 #2,685
1933 — 9 9 #2,693
1932 — 7 7 #3,272
1931 — 9 9 #2,813
1930 — 16 16 #1,954
1929 — 5 5 #4,220
1928 — 12 12 #2,495
1927 — 11 11 #2,664
1926 — 13 13 #2,415
1925 — 6 6 #3,950
1924 — 9 9 #3,176
1923 — 13 13 #2,431
1922 — 7 7 #3,707
1921 — 10 10 #2,952
1920 — 10 10 #2,928
1918 — 8 8 #3,265
1917 — 7 7 #3,405
1916 — 8 8 #3,107
1915 — 7 7 #3,290
1914 — 6 6 #3,158