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
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 1,714 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 51,697since 1880
Bryant over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Bryant has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,323 | 146 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,176 | 176 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,094 | 196 | |
| 2022 | — | #908 | 254 | |
| 2021 | — | #795 | 309 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #657 | 400 |
| 2019 | — | #831 | 271 | |
| 2018 | — | #685 | 356 | |
| 2017 | — | #583 | 466 | |
| 2016 | — | #587 | 467 | |
| 2015 | — | #626 | 426 | |
| 2014 | — | #582 | 477 | |
| 2013 | — | #551 | 481 | |
| 2012 | — | #485 | 557 | |
| 2011 | — | #449 | 602 | |
| 2010 | — | #438 | 621 | |
| 2009 | — | #412 | 714 | |
| 2008 | — | #404 | 728 | |
| 2007 | — | #408 | 713 | |
| 2006 | — | #388 | 771 | |
| 2005 | — | #361 | 814 | |
| 2004 | — | #318 | 972 | |
| 2003 | — | #305 | 977 | |
| 2002 | — | #306 | 952 | |
| 2001 | — | #303 | 956 | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #318 | 903 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #332 | 817 |
| 1998 | — | #311 | 896 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #303 | 896 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #309 | 859 |
| 1995 | — | #293 | 906 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #304 | 874 |
| 1993 | — | #278 | 1,032 | |
| 1992 | — | #262 | 1,083 | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #248 | 1,113 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #204 | 1,493 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #176 | 1,737 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #164 | 1,714 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #182 | 1,498 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #250 | 897 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #315 | 649 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #316 | 617 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #290 | 693 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #307 | 639 |
| 1981 | — | #315 | 605 | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #312 | 613 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #324 | 574 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #315 | 564 |
| 1977 | — | #327 | 565 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #325 | 539 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #347 | 494 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #318 | 565 |
| 1973 | — | #286 | 632 | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #270 | 716 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #286 | 721 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #272 | 781 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #274 | 734 |
| 1968 | — | #283 | 677 | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #300 | 599 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #322 | 537 |
| 1965 | — | #327 | 531 | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | #353 | 493 |
| 1963 | — | #347 | 502 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #380 | 451 |
| 1961 | — | #386 | 423 | |
| 1960 | — | #397 | 394 | |
| 1959 | — | #424 | 353 | |
| 1958 | — | #417 | 352 | |
| 1957 | — | #428 | 326 | |
| 1956 | — | #481 | 248 | |
| 1955 | — | #535 | 189 | |
| 1954 | — | #540 | 179 | |
| 1953 | — | #525 | 183 | |
| 1952 | — | #582 | 143 | |
| 1951 | — | #537 | 159 | |
| 1950 | — | #616 | 124 | |
| 1949 | — | #641 | 113 | |
| 1948 | — | #587 | 129 | |
| 1947 | — | #615 | 122 | |
| 1946 | — | #603 | 114 | |
| 1945 | — | #616 | 96 | |
| 1944 | — | #592 | 108 | |
| 1943 | — | #681 | 88 | |
| 1942 | — | #626 | 102 | |
| 1941 | — | #786 | 63 | |
| 1940 | — | #579 | 105 | |
| 1939 | — | #671 | 78 | |
| 1938 | — | #640 | 87 | |
| 1937 | — | #706 | 72 | |
| 1936 | — | #690 | 73 | |
| 1935 | — | #647 | 84 | |
| 1934 | — | #637 | 88 | |
| 1933 | — | #703 | 73 | |
| 1932 | — | #632 | 89 | |
| 1931 | — | #688 | 76 | |
| 1930 | — | #841 | 60 | |
| 1929 | — | #675 | 83 | |
| 1928 | — | #694 | 83 | |
| 1927 | — | #762 | 74 | |
| 1926 | — | #663 | 90 | |
| 1925 | — | #663 | 93 | |
| 1924 | — | #691 | 89 | |
| 1923 | — | #745 | 77 | |
| 1922 | — | #702 | 86 | |
| 1921 | — | #630 | 102 | |
| 1920 | — | #615 | 105 | |
| 1919 | — | #747 | 74 | |
| 1918 | — | #692 | 82 | |
| 1917 | — | #855 | 56 | |
| 1916 | — | #810 | 58 | |
| 1915 | — | #759 | 62 | |
| 1914 | — | #697 | 54 | |
| 1913 | — | #745 | 39 | |
| 1912 | — | #876 | 26 | |
| 1911 | — | #707 | 20 | |
| 1910 | — | #546 | 27 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #522 | 23 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #741 | 11 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #469 | 24 | |
| 1899 | — | #481 | 16 | |
| 1898 | — | #418 | 22 | |
| 1897 | — | #392 | 23 | |
| 1896 | — | #380 | 26 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #511 | 14 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #422 | 18 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #514 | 13 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
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 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- District of Columbia#148 · 1 in 723
- North Carolina#178 · 1 in 1,220
- Alabama#191 · 1 in 1,254
- Georgia#196 · 1 in 1,258
- South Carolina#205 · 1 in 1,320
Best ever in a state: #88 in Wyoming, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #148 | 11 | 1 in 723 |
| North Carolina | #178 | 31 | 1 in 1,220 |
| Alabama | #191 | 21 | 1 in 1,254 |
| Georgia | #196 | 32 | 1 in 1,258 |
| South Carolina | #205 | 16 | 1 in 1,320 |
| Arkansas | #212 | 10 | 1 in 1,528 |
| Mississippi | #213 | 15 | 1 in 1,283 |
| Tennessee | #214 | 19 | 1 in 1,704 |
| Utah | #217 | 11 | 1 in 1,728 |
| Kentucky | #223 | 13 | 1 in 2,080 |
| West Virginia | #232 | 5 | 1 in 2,586 |
| Missouri | #239 | 15 | 1 in 2,441 |
| Virginia | #243 | 18 | 1 in 1,920 |
| Illinois | #247 | 44 | 1 in 1,923 |
| Louisiana | #259 | 22 | 1 in 1,666 |
| Maryland | #269 | 9 | 1 in 2,687 |
| Michigan | #277 | 20 | 1 in 3,281 |
| New Jersey | #281 | 16 | 1 in 2,654 |
| Pennsylvania | #283 | 21 | 1 in 3,686 |
| Massachusetts | #289 | 9 | 1 in 3,973 |
| Wisconsin | #292 | 9 | 1 in 3,849 |
| Connecticut | #304 | 5 | 1 in 3,565 |
| Indiana | #309 | 11 | 1 in 3,646 |
| Washington | #309 | 10 | 1 in 3,177 |
| New Mexico | #321 | 5 | 1 in 2,231 |
| Arizona | #340 | 8 | 1 in 2,897 |
| Ohio | #351 | 16 | 1 in 5,040 |
| California | #361 | 62 | 1 in 3,240 |
| New York | #362 | 31 | 1 in 3,663 |
| Minnesota | #371 | 5 | 1 in 6,569 |
| Oklahoma | #378 | 6 | 1 in 3,925 |
| Florida | #389 | 18 | 1 in 3,497 |
| Texas | #477 | 30 | 1 in 4,591 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 109 | #422 (1885) | #624 |
| 1890s | 162 | #380 (1896) | #522 |
| 1900s | 142 | #469 (1900) | #666 |
| 1910s | 498 | #546 (1910) | #743 |
| 1920s | 882 | #615 (1920) | #684 |
| 1930s | 780 | #632 (1932) | #686 |
| 1940s | 1,040 | #579 (1940) | #633 |
| 1950s | 2,256 | #417 (1958) | #509 |
| 1960s | 5,341 | #274 (1969) | #337 |
| 1970s | 6,151 | #270 (1972) | #307 |
| 1980s | 9,662 | #164 (1988) | #263 |
| 1990s | 9,969 | #204 (1990) | #284 |
| 2000s | 8,500 | #303 (2001) | #352 |
| 2010s | 4,724 | #438 (2010) | #582 |
| 2020s | 1,481 | #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 1981
boys
#315
605 births · 1 in 2,961 boys
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 2,961 of them was named Bryant, which outranked 95.7% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Bryant
Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.