Bryant

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #1,323 for boys in 2025, 146 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1988 · 1,714 births
Debut · boys
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
51,697
since 1880

Bryant over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bryant has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #164, 1988boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,323146
2024—#1,176176
2023—#1,094196
2022—#908254
2021—#795309
2020#15,0885#657400
2019—#831271
2018—#685356
2017—#583466
2016—#587467
2015—#626426
2014—#582477
2013—#551481
2012—#485557
2011—#449602
2010—#438621
2009—#412714
2008—#404728
2007—#408713
2006—#388771
2005—#361814
2004—#318972
2003—#305977
2002—#306952
2001—#303956
2000#11,8017#318903
1999#14,4115#332817
1998—#311896
1997#13,7245#303896
1996#11,8076#309859
1995—#293906
1994#13,4305#304874
1993—#2781,032
1992—#2621,083
1991#6,97612#2481,113
1990#12,9585#2041,493
1989#12,3625#1761,737
1988#5,32115#1641,714
1987#5,61313#1821,498
1986#5,75712#250897
1985#10,6775#315649
1984#8,1537#316617
1983#5,82411#290693
1982#7,4698#307639
1981—#315605
1980#6,31910#312613
1979#6,18910#324574
1978#8,5626#315564
1977—#327565
1976#9,2845#325539
1975#6,4848#347494
1974#4,45913#318565
1973—#286632
1972#5,4809#270716
1971#6,0068#286721
1970#5,8188#272781
1969#5,0579#274734
1968—#283677
1967#5,4577#300599
1966#6,5645#322537
1965—#327531
1964#5,4747#353493
1963—#347502
1962#5,8606#380451
1961—#386423
1960—#397394
1959—#424353
1958—#417352
1957—#428326
1956—#481248
1955—#535189
1954—#540179
1953—#525183
1952—#582143
1951—#537159
1950—#616124
1949—#641113
1948—#587129
1947—#615122
1946—#603114
1945—#61696
1944—#592108
1943—#68188
1942—#626102
1941—#78663
1940—#579105
1939—#67178
1938—#64087
1937—#70672
1936—#69073
1935—#64784
1934—#63788
1933—#70373
1932—#63289
1931—#68876
1930—#84160
1929—#67583
1928—#69483
1927—#76274
1926—#66390
1925—#66393
1924—#69189
1923—#74577
1922—#70286
1921—#630102
1920—#615105
1919—#74774
1918—#69282
1917—#85556
1916—#81058
1915—#75962
1914—#69754
1913—#74539
1912—#87626
1911—#70720
1910—#54627
1909—#84012
1908—#52223
1907—#66415
1906—#75211
1905—#74111
1904—#61214
1903—#73410
1902—#68711
1901—#63711
1900—#46924
1899—#48116
1898—#41822
1897—#39223
1896—#38026
1895—#8727
1894—#63111
1893—#50914
1892—#45818
1891—#56411
1890—#51114
1889—#58111
1888—#48416
1887—#8196
1886—#6479
1885—#42218
1884—#8486
1883—#8925
1882—#51413
1881—#5959
1880—#44216
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bryant was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Bryant is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Bryant
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 147 spots since 2024 (#1,176 → #1,323)
  • 666 spots since 2020 (#657 → #1,323)
  • 697 spots since 2015 (#626 → #1,323)
  • Biggest jump: 492 spots in 1896 (#872 → #380)
  • Biggest drop: 378 spots in 1883 (#514 → #892)
Rise & fade · boys
108 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1988 at #164 (1,714 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 143 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1880–2022
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,117
  • Highest: 1 in 1,117 boys born in 1988 were named Bryant (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 11,699 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 19.3% of all boys named Bryant (9,969) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s109#422 (1885)#624
1890s162#380 (1896)#522
1900s142#469 (1900)#666
1910s498#546 (1910)#743
1920s882#615 (1920)#684
1930s780#632 (1932)#686
1940s1,040#579 (1940)#633
1950s2,256#417 (1958)#509
1960s5,341#274 (1969)#337
1970s6,151#270 (1972)#307
1980s9,662#164 (1988)#263
1990s9,969#204 (1990)#284
2000s8,500#303 (2001)#352
2010s4,724#438 (2010)#582
2020s1,481#657 (2020)#992

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Bryant in 1907

boys
#664
15 births · 1 in 9,788 boys

Top boys' names in 1907

  1. #1John8,983
  2. #2William6,904
  3. #3James6,707
  4. #4George4,445
  5. #5Robert4,020
  6. #6Charles3,884
  7. #7Joseph3,844
  8. #8Frank2,943
  9. #9Edward2,576
  10. #10Henry2,203
  11. #664Bryant15
More about 1907

boys

146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 9,788 of them was named Bryant, which outranked 57.1% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bryant
  1. #634Stanford16
  2. #634Taft16
  3. #634Theadore16
  4. #664Bryant15
  5. #664Alois15
  6. #664Annie15
  7. #664Artie15
  8. #699Adolphus14
  9. #699Alice14
  10. #699Antone14

Tied with 34 names at #664; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 518Leamon#1,253 → #735
  2. ↑ 518Price#1,253 → #735
  3. ↑ 495Quincy#1,111 → #616
  4. ↑ 477Irene#1,111 → #634
  5. ↑ 477Mitchel#1,111 → #634
Fallers
  1. ↓ 636Norval#709 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 593Harper#752 → #1,345
  3. ↓ 560Barton#640 → #1,200
  4. ↓ 547Hurley#798 → #1,345
  5. ↓ 547Lawton#798 → #1,345

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1907 →