Bryant is an established boys' name that peaked in 1989 and has since faded.
Bryant is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,323 for boy births in the United States (and #2,748 across all names), given to 146 babies. Bryant was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1989 (1,737 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146 | 146 | — | #1,323 |
| 2024 | 176 | 176 | — | #1,177 |
| 2023 | 196 | 196 | — | #1,094 |
| 2022 | 254 | 254 | — | #908 |
| 2021 | 309 | 309 | — | #795 |
| 2020 | 405 | 410 | #15,547 | #657 |
| 2019 | 271 | 271 | — | #831 |
| 2018 | 356 | 356 | — | #685 |
| 2017 | 466 | 475 | — | #583 |
| 2016 | 467 | 473 | — | #587 |
| 2015 | 426 | 426 | — | #626 |
| 2014 | 477 | 485 | — | #582 |
| 2013 | 481 | 495 | — | #551 |
| 2012 | 557 | 569 | — | #485 |
| 2011 | 602 | 611 | — | #449 |
| 2010 | 621 | 642 | — | #438 |
| 2009 | 714 | 737 | — | #413 |
| 2008 | 728 | 748 | — | #404 |
| 2007 | 713 | 727 | — | #408 |
| 2006 | 771 | 783 | — | #388 |
| 2005 | 814 | 835 | — | #361 |
| 2004 | 972 | 1,007 | — | #318 |
| 2003 | 977 | 1,005 | — | #305 |
| 2002 | 952 | 973 | — | #306 |
| 2001 | 956 | 982 | — | #303 |
| 2000 | 910 | 933 | #11,995 | #318 |
| 1999 | 822 | 838 | #14,769 | #332 |
| 1998 | 896 | 915 | — | #311 |
| 1997 | 901 | — | #14,069 | #303 |
| 1996 | 865 | — | #12,068 | #309 |
| 1995 | 906 | — | — | #293 |
| 1994 | 879 | — | #13,742 | #304 |
| 1993 | 1,032 | — | — | #278 |
| 1992 | 1,083 | — | — | #262 |
| 1991 | 1,125 | — | #7,024 | #248 |
| 1990 | 1,498 | — | #13,251 | #204 |
| 1989 | 1,742 | — | #12,647 | #176 |
| 1988 | 1,729 | — | #5,359 | #164 |
| 1987 | 1,511 | — | #5,639 | #182 |
| 1986 | 909 | — | #5,801 | #250 |
| 1985 | 654 | — | #10,872 | #315 |
| 1984 | 624 | — | #8,265 | #316 |
| 1983 | 704 | — | #5,866 | #290 |
| 1982 | 647 | — | #7,565 | #307 |
| 1981 | 605 | — | — | #315 |
| 1980 | 623 | — | #6,363 | #312 |
| 1979 | 584 | — | #6,239 | #324 |
| 1978 | 570 | — | #8,680 | #315 |
| 1977 | 565 | — | — | #327 |
| 1976 | 544 | — | #9,457 | #325 |
| 1975 | 502 | — | #6,564 | #347 |
| 1974 | 578 | — | #4,490 | #318 |
| 1973 | 632 | — | — | #286 |
| 1972 | 725 | — | #5,522 | #270 |
| 1971 | 729 | — | #6,064 | #286 |
| 1970 | 789 | — | #5,871 | #272 |
| 1969 | 743 | — | #5,091 | #274 |
| 1968 | 677 | — | — | #283 |
| 1967 | 606 | — | #5,513 | #300 |
| 1966 | 542 | — | #6,670 | #322 |
| 1965 | 531 | — | — | #327 |
| 1964 | 500 | — | #5,536 | #353 |
| 1963 | 502 | — | — | #347 |
| 1962 | 457 | — | #5,928 | #380 |
| 1961 | 423 | — | — | #387 |
| 1960 | 394 | — | — | #397 |
| 1959 | 353 | — | — | #424 |
| 1958 | 352 | — | — | #417 |
| 1957 | 326 | — | — | #428 |
| 1956 | 248 | — | — | #481 |
| 1955 | 189 | — | — | #535 |
| 1954 | 179 | — | — | #540 |
| 1953 | 183 | — | — | #525 |
| 1952 | 143 | — | — | #582 |
| 1951 | 159 | — | — | #537 |
| 1950 | 124 | — | — | #616 |
| 1949 | 113 | — | — | #641 |
| 1948 | 129 | — | — | #587 |
| 1947 | 122 | — | — | #615 |
| 1946 | 114 | — | — | #605 |
| 1945 | 96 | — | — | #617 |
| 1944 | 108 | — | — | #592 |
| 1943 | 88 | — | — | #682 |
| 1942 | 102 | — | — | #626 |
| 1941 | 63 | — | — | #787 |
| 1940 | 105 | — | — | #579 |
| 1939 | 78 | — | — | #671 |
| 1938 | 87 | — | — | #641 |
| 1937 | 72 | — | — | #706 |
| 1936 | 73 | — | — | #691 |
| 1935 | 84 | — | — | #647 |
| 1934 | 88 | — | — | #637 |
| 1933 | 73 | — | — | #703 |
| 1932 | 89 | — | — | #634 |
| 1931 | 76 | — | — | #689 |
| 1930 | 60 | — | — | #844 |
| 1929 | 83 | — | — | #677 |
| 1928 | 83 | — | — | #695 |
| 1927 | 74 | — | — | #762 |
| 1926 | 90 | — | — | #664 |
| 1925 | 93 | — | — | #664 |
| 1924 | 89 | — | — | #692 |
| 1923 | 77 | — | — | #745 |
| 1922 | 86 | — | — | #704 |
| 1921 | 102 | — | — | #631 |
| 1920 | 105 | — | — | #616 |
| 1919 | 74 | — | — | #748 |
| 1918 | 82 | — | — | #692 |
| 1917 | 56 | — | — | #855 |
| 1916 | 58 | — | — | #813 |
| 1915 | 62 | — | — | #760 |
| 1914 | 54 | — | — | #699 |
| 1913 | 39 | — | — | #747 |
| 1912 | 26 | — | — | #882 |
| 1911 | 20 | — | — | #711 |
| 1910 | 27 | — | — | #546 |
| 1909 | 12 | — | — | #848 |
| 1908 | 23 | — | — | #523 |
| 1907 | 15 | — | — | #673 |
| 1906 | 11 | — | — | #760 |
| 1905 | 11 | — | — | #748 |
| 1904 | 14 | — | — | #616 |
| 1903 | 10 | — | — | #742 |
| 1902 | 11 | — | — | #694 |
| 1901 | 11 | — | — | #640 |
| 1900 | 24 | — | — | #470 |
| 1899 | 16 | — | — | #483 |
| 1898 | 22 | — | — | #421 |
| 1897 | 23 | — | — | #392 |
| 1896 | 26 | — | — | #381 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | — | #887 |
| 1894 | 11 | — | — | #635 |
| 1893 | 14 | — | — | #512 |
| 1892 | 18 | — | — | #463 |
| 1891 | 11 | — | — | #568 |
| 1890 | 14 | — | — | #514 |
| 1889 | 11 | — | — | #589 |
| 1888 | 16 | — | — | #485 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | — | #836 |
| 1886 | 9 | — | — | #655 |
| 1885 | 18 | — | — | #422 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | — | #866 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | — | #913 |
| 1882 | 13 | — | — | #516 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | — | #603 |
| 1880 | 16 | — | — | #444 |