Bryer
#3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births · #703 for boys in 2025, 382 births
Given to boys 88.3% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #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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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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Missouri#583 · 1 in 3,969
- Oklahoma#592 · 1 in 3,376
- Ohio#1,045 · 1 in 9,960
- Texas#1,456 · 1 in 17,764
Best ever in a state: #227 in North Dakota, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Missouri | #583 | 8 | 1 in 3,969 |
| Oklahoma | #592 | 6 | 1 in 3,376 |
| Ohio | #1,045 | 6 | 1 in 9,960 |
| Texas | #1,456 | 10 | 1 in 17,764 |
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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
- 166 spots since 2024 (#869 → #703)
- 1,013 spots since 2020 (#1,716 → #703)
- 713 spots since 2015 (#1,416 → #703)
- Biggest jump: 616 spots in 2024 (#1,485 → #869)
- Debuted 1990
- Peaked 2025 at #703 (382 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,471 boys born in 2025 were named Bryer (0.02%)
- 40.3% of all boys named Bryer (1,048) were born in this decade
- 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.
Bryer in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 251,579 of them was named Bryer, which outranked 31.0% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,199Zynia8
- #12,199Zyniyah8
- #12,199Zyrie8
- #13,483Bryer7
- #13,483Aalayiah7
- #13,483Aalaysia7
- #13,483Aaliayah7
- #14,962Aadhira6
- #14,962Aahna6
- #14,962Aalyssa6
Tied with 1,478 names at #13,483; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 20,846 of them was named Bryer, which outranked 88.2% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,668Oziel92
- #1,668Steele92
- #1,668Tytus92
- #1,676Bryer91
- #1,676Brantly91
- #1,676Danilo91
- #1,676Efren91
- #1,687Arley90
- #1,687Braelyn90
- #1,687Cal90
Tied with 10 names at #1,676; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.