Bryan is a very popular boys' name that peaked in 1985 and has since faded.
Bryan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #336 for boy births in the United States (and #653 across all names), given to 1,005 babies — 1,014 including U.S. territories. Bryan first appears in 1883 and peaked in 1985 (8,717 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,005 | 1,014 | — | #336 |
| 2024 | 1,105 | 1,110 | — | #307 |
| 2023 | 1,082 | 1,091 | — | #305 |
| 2022 | 1,172 | 1,180 | — | #291 |
| 2021 | 1,216 | 1,226 | #15,685 | #285 |
| 2020 | 1,359 | 1,374 | — | #259 |
| 2019 | 1,425 | 1,434 | — | #255 |
| 2018 | 1,641 | 1,655 | — | #233 |
| 2017 | 1,840 | 1,870 | — | #211 |
| 2016 | 2,135 | 2,166 | #16,713 | #186 |
| 2015 | 2,492 | 2,540 | — | #166 |
| 2014 | 2,740 | 2,790 | #11,151 | #149 |
| 2013 | 2,893 | 2,953 | — | #133 |
| 2012 | 3,093 | 3,158 | #10,581 | #121 |
| 2011 | 3,528 | 3,613 | #13,616 | #110 |
| 2010 | 3,951 | 4,063 | #8,811 | #97 |
| 2009 | 4,865 | 4,988 | #11,630 | #92 |
| 2008 | 5,519 | 5,651 | #8,610 | #82 |
| 2007 | 6,191 | 6,368 | #10,247 | #78 |
| 2006 | 6,715 | 6,914 | #7,553 | #66 |
| 2005 | 6,465 | 6,690 | #9,566 | #72 |
| 2004 | 6,761 | 7,054 | #4,618 | #65 |
| 2003 | 6,639 | 6,925 | #5,853 | #64 |
| 2002 | 6,641 | 6,976 | #4,929 | #64 |
| 2001 | 6,151 | 6,537 | #4,583 | #69 |
| 2000 | 6,170 | 6,633 | #4,426 | #70 |
| 1999 | 5,414 | 5,945 | #4,744 | #74 |
| 1998 | 5,322 | 5,854 | #7,173 | #74 |
| 1997 | 5,275 | — | #4,398 | #69 |
| 1996 | 5,577 | — | #5,571 | #66 |
| 1995 | 5,461 | — | #5,482 | #70 |
| 1994 | 5,628 | — | #4,542 | #66 |
| 1993 | 6,195 | — | #3,164 | #61 |
| 1992 | 6,862 | — | #3,877 | #57 |
| 1991 | 6,791 | — | #3,215 | #61 |
| 1990 | 7,468 | — | #3,631 | #57 |
| 1989 | 7,887 | — | #2,992 | #56 |
| 1988 | 8,089 | — | #2,157 | #54 |
| 1987 | 8,621 | — | #1,882 | #51 |
| 1986 | 8,707 | — | #1,956 | #47 |
| 1985 | 8,788 | — | #1,652 | #48 |
| 1984 | 8,333 | — | #1,731 | #48 |
| 1983 | 8,260 | — | #1,610 | #47 |
| 1982 | 7,554 | — | #1,903 | #49 |
| 1981 | 7,264 | — | #2,086 | #48 |
| 1980 | 7,578 | — | #1,723 | #49 |
| 1979 | 7,481 | — | #2,346 | #46 |
| 1978 | 7,346 | — | #1,828 | #43 |
| 1977 | 7,930 | — | #2,129 | #42 |
| 1976 | 7,328 | — | #2,138 | #43 |
| 1975 | 7,032 | — | #2,365 | #47 |
| 1974 | 7,268 | — | #2,000 | #45 |
| 1973 | 7,147 | — | #2,132 | #43 |
| 1972 | 7,079 | — | #1,896 | #45 |
| 1971 | 6,649 | — | #2,139 | #48 |
| 1970 | 6,488 | — | #2,204 | #53 |
| 1969 | 6,505 | — | #2,105 | #51 |
| 1968 | 6,286 | — | #2,130 | #51 |
| 1967 | 6,046 | — | #2,220 | #52 |
| 1966 | 5,911 | — | #2,677 | #52 |
| 1965 | 5,361 | — | #3,161 | #63 |
| 1964 | 5,289 | — | #3,122 | #70 |
| 1963 | 5,278 | — | #2,710 | #73 |
| 1962 | 5,002 | — | #4,297 | #82 |
| 1961 | 5,039 | — | #4,033 | #82 |
| 1960 | 4,795 | — | #3,223 | #88 |
| 1959 | 4,501 | — | #3,453 | #94 |
| 1958 | 4,103 | — | #3,563 | #101 |
| 1957 | 3,385 | — | #3,721 | #115 |
| 1956 | 2,438 | — | — | #132 |
| 1955 | 1,568 | — | — | #177 |
| 1954 | 1,225 | — | — | #204 |
| 1953 | 1,049 | — | — | #210 |
| 1952 | 849 | — | — | #230 |
| 1951 | 815 | — | #4,903 | #235 |
| 1950 | 737 | — | — | #247 |
| 1949 | 671 | — | — | #249 |
| 1948 | 561 | — | — | #284 |
| 1947 | 602 | — | — | #277 |
| 1946 | 460 | — | — | #302 |
| 1945 | 308 | — | — | #342 |
| 1944 | 340 | — | — | #327 |
| 1943 | 320 | — | — | #344 |
| 1942 | 298 | — | — | #351 |
| 1941 | 216 | — | — | #392 |
| 1940 | 200 | — | — | #406 |
| 1939 | 177 | — | — | #428 |
| 1938 | 161 | — | — | #457 |
| 1937 | 132 | — | — | #500 |
| 1936 | 114 | — | — | #538 |
| 1935 | 108 | — | — | #553 |
| 1934 | 122 | — | — | #530 |
| 1933 | 109 | — | — | #549 |
| 1932 | 125 | — | — | #516 |
| 1931 | 125 | — | — | #516 |
| 1930 | 122 | — | — | #544 |
| 1929 | 124 | — | — | #522 |
| 1928 | 126 | — | — | #545 |
| 1927 | 105 | — | — | #608 |
| 1926 | 139 | — | — | #512 |
| 1925 | 149 | — | — | #498 |
| 1924 | 116 | — | — | #589 |
| 1923 | 98 | — | — | #650 |
| 1922 | 119 | — | — | #588 |
| 1921 | 103 | — | — | #626 |
| 1920 | 83 | — | — | #716 |
| 1919 | 87 | — | — | #663 |
| 1918 | 77 | — | — | #729 |
| 1917 | 52 | — | — | #886 |
| 1916 | 45 | — | — | #954 |
| 1915 | 50 | — | — | #868 |
| 1914 | 52 | — | — | #724 |
| 1913 | 45 | — | — | #668 |
| 1912 | 27 | — | — | #859 |
| 1911 | 15 | — | — | #864 |
| 1910 | 12 | — | — | #937 |
| 1909 | 20 | — | — | #592 |
| 1908 | 27 | — | — | #477 |
| 1907 | 22 | — | — | #496 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | — | #864 |
| 1905 | 10 | — | — | #798 |
| 1904 | 14 | — | — | #615 |
| 1903 | 10 | — | — | #741 |
| 1902 | 11 | — | — | #693 |
| 1901 | 19 | — | — | #434 |
| 1900 | 55 | — | — | #277 |
| 1899 | 36 | — | — | #289 |
| 1898 | 57 | — | — | #232 |
| 1897 | 97 | — | — | #159 |
| 1896 | 157 | — | — | #116 |
| 1895 | 27 | — | — | #359 |
| 1894 | 9 | — | — | #740 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | — | #1,057 |
| 1892 | 10 | — | — | #693 |
| 1890 | 7 | — | — | #817 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #986 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | — | #812 |