Bryer
- #3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births
- #703 for boys in 2025, 382 births
- Given to boys 88.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 382 births
- Debut · boys
- 14 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,600since 1990
Bryer over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,211 | 49 | #703 | 382 |
| 2024 | #4,294 | 33 | #869 | 278 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #1,485 | 121 |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | #1,678 | 102 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 | #1,982 | 75 |
| 2020 | #4,757 | 27 | #1,716 | 90 |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 | #1,658 | 97 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #1,565 | 107 |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | #1,681 | 94 |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | #1,739 | 89 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | #1,416 | 121 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #1,597 | 98 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | #1,568 | 99 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #1,676 | 91 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #2,105 | 63 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #1,816 | 80 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #2,050 | 67 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #2,291 | 57 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #2,304 | 56 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #2,348 | 53 |
| 2005 | — | #3,319 | 30 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,788 | 37 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,847 | 34 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,603 | 37 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,410 | 25 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,640 | 22 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,651 | 31 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,911 | 25 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,100 | 22 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,215 | 21 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,020 | 15 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,636 | 16 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
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First appearance
1990
The first year at least five boys were named Bryer! It came in at #3,971, and was given to 14 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1990–1993, when fewer than 17 boys a year got the name.
Where Bryer is popular in 2025
- 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
- West Virginia#254 · 1 in 880
- Nebraska#293 · 1 in 1,102
- Kentucky#295 · 1 in 1,141
- Missouri#318 · 1 in 1,324
- Iowa#331 · 1 in 1,257
Best ever in a state: #227 in North Dakota, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #254 | 7 | 1 in 880 |
| Nebraska | #293 | 8 | 1 in 1,102 |
| Kentucky | #295 | 18 | 1 in 1,141 |
| Missouri | #318 | 21 | 1 in 1,324 |
| Iowa | #331 | 11 | 1 in 1,257 |
| Wisconsin | #355 | 15 | 1 in 1,562 |
| Tennessee | #430 | 18 | 1 in 2,043 |
| Minnesota | #477 | 11 | 1 in 2,227 |
| South Carolina | #501 | 9 | 1 in 2,355 |
| Oklahoma | #504 | 8 | 1 in 2,210 |
| Pennsylvania | #506 | 19 | 1 in 2,751 |
| North Carolina | #512 | 19 | 1 in 2,709 |
| Mississippi | #522 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Alabama | #525 | 9 | 1 in 2,391 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Ohio | #577 | 17 | 1 in 3,090 |
| Michigan | #641 | 12 | 1 in 3,350 |
| Georgia | #650 | 15 | 1 in 3,348 |
| Indiana | #668 | 9 | 1 in 3,518 |
| Louisiana | #672 | 6 | 1 in 3,188 |
| Illinois | #677 | 13 | 1 in 3,812 |
| Colorado | #680 | 7 | 1 in 3,836 |
| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| Texas | #708 | 39 | 1 in 4,488 |
| Virginia | #727 | 9 | 1 in 4,139 |
| Maryland | #809 | 5 | 1 in 4,579 |
| Florida | #958 | 14 | 1 in 6,824 |
| New York | #1,202 | 9 | 1 in 9,380 |
| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
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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 Bryer
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,013 spots since 2020 (#1,716 → #703)
- Biggest jump: 616 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1990
- Peaked 2025 at #703 (382 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,471
- Highest: 1 in 4,471 boys born in 2025 were named Bryer (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 40.3% of all boys named Bryer (1,048) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 195 | #2,651 (1998) | #3,536 |
| 2000s | 418 | #2,050 (2009) | #2,760 |
| 2010s | 939 | #1,416 (2015) | #1,682 |
| 2020s | 1,048 | #703 (2025) | #1,406 |
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.
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