Brycen
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #867 for boys in 2025, 276 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2011 · 999 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,986since 1976
Brycen over time
Rank among boys' names. Brycen has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | — | #867 | 276 | |
| 2024 | — | #751 | 340 | |
| 2023 | — | #793 | 316 | |
| 2022 | — | #722 | 363 | |
| 2021 | — | #669 | 403 | |
| 2020 | — | #608 | 450 | |
| 2019 | — | #534 | 534 | |
| 2018 | — | #502 | 572 | |
| 2017 | — | #484 | 605 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #476 | 644 |
| 2015 | — | #451 | 671 | |
| 2014 | — | #403 | 772 | |
| 2013 | — | #374 | 815 | |
| 2012 | — | #338 | 931 | |
| 2011 | — | #318 | 999 | |
| 2010 | — | #365 | 807 | |
| 2009 | — | #457 | 596 | |
| 2008 | — | #482 | 574 | |
| 2007 | — | #582 | 440 | |
| 2006 | — | #591 | 415 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #639 | 340 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #656 | 310 |
| 2003 | — | #775 | 225 | |
| 2002 | — | #735 | 238 | |
| 2001 | — | #730 | 238 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #791 | 206 |
| 1999 | — | #956 | 151 | |
| 1998 | — | #957 | 145 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,075 | 118 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,188 | 96 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,648 | 55 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,664 | 54 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,969 | 41 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,778 | 47 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,983 | 38 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,058 | 20 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,765 | 20 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,468 | 22 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Brycen! It came in at #5,587, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1980, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Brycen is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#188 · 1 in 814
- Utah#375 · 1 in 2,705
- Washington#573 · 1 in 5,612
- Pennsylvania#758 · 1 in 11,391
- Ohio#762 · 1 in 11,720
Best ever in a state: #94 in West Virginia, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #188 | 7 | 1 in 814 |
| Utah | #375 | 7 | 1 in 2,705 |
| Washington | #573 | 6 | 1 in 5,612 |
| Pennsylvania | #758 | 6 | 1 in 11,391 |
| Ohio | #762 | 6 | 1 in 11,720 |
| California | #997 | 15 | 1 in 16,903 |
| Texas | #1,290 | 7 | 1 in 22,264 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Illinois | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| 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.
See more about Brycen
- 116 spots since 2024 (#751 → #867)
- 259 spots since 2020 (#608 → #867)
- 416 spots since 2015 (#451 → #867)
- Biggest jump: 165 spots in 2000 (#956 → #791)
- Biggest drop: 116 spots in 2025 (#751 → #867)
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2011 at #318 (999 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,901 boys born in 2011 were named Brycen (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,189 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 52.6% of all boys named Brycen (7,350) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #5,587 (1976) | #5,587 |
| 1980s | 136 | #2,468 (1987) | #3,370 |
| 1990s | 765 | #956 (1999) | #1,628 |
| 2000s | 3,582 | #457 (2009) | #644 |
| 2010s | 7,350 | #318 (2011) | #425 |
| 2020s | 2,148 | #608 (2020) | #735 |
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.
Brycen in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 19,732 of them was named Brycen, which outranked 88.7% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,180Kelby97
- #1,180Lars97
- #1,180Stevie97
- #1,188Brycen96
- #1,188Jevon96
- #1,188Khari96
- #1,188Kylan96
- #1,195Bilal95
- #1,195Joseluis95
- #1,195Wanya95
Tied with 6 names at #1,188; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.