Brycen is an established variant of Bryson that peaked in 2011 and has grown less common since.
Brycen is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #868 for boy births in the United States (and #1,793 across all names), given to 276 babies. Brycen first appears in 1976 and peaked in 2011 (999 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 276 | 276 | — | #868 |
| 2024 | 340 | 340 | — | #752 |
| 2023 | 316 | 316 | — | #793 |
| 2022 | 363 | 363 | — | #722 |
| 2021 | 403 | 403 | — | #669 |
| 2020 | 450 | 450 | — | #608 |
| 2019 | 534 | 534 | — | #534 |
| 2018 | 572 | 572 | — | #502 |
| 2017 | 605 | 605 | — | #484 |
| 2016 | 649 | 649 | #16,714 | #477 |
| 2015 | 671 | 671 | — | #451 |
| 2014 | 772 | 772 | — | #403 |
| 2013 | 815 | 815 | — | #374 |
| 2012 | 931 | 931 | — | #338 |
| 2011 | 999 | 999 | — | #318 |
| 2010 | 807 | 807 | — | #365 |
| 2009 | 596 | 596 | — | #457 |
| 2008 | 574 | 574 | — | #482 |
| 2007 | 440 | 440 | — | #582 |
| 2006 | 415 | 415 | — | #591 |
| 2005 | 347 | 347 | #13,257 | #639 |
| 2004 | 318 | 318 | #11,801 | #656 |
| 2003 | 225 | 225 | — | #775 |
| 2002 | 238 | 238 | — | #735 |
| 2001 | 238 | 238 | — | #730 |
| 2000 | 212 | 212 | #13,430 | #792 |
| 1999 | 151 | 151 | — | #957 |
| 1998 | 145 | 145 | — | #957 |
| 1997 | 118 | — | — | #1,076 |
| 1996 | 96 | — | — | #1,188 |
| 1995 | 55 | — | — | #1,651 |
| 1994 | 54 | — | — | #1,669 |
| 1993 | 41 | — | — | #1,971 |
| 1992 | 47 | — | — | #1,781 |
| 1991 | 38 | — | — | #1,987 |
| 1990 | 20 | — | — | #3,069 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | — | #2,799 |
| 1988 | 20 | — | — | #2,775 |
| 1987 | 22 | — | — | #2,479 |
| 1986 | 19 | — | — | #2,697 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | — | #3,619 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | — | #3,489 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | — | #3,431 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | — | #3,720 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | — | #5,586 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | — | #5,706 |