Byran

Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146

Peak · boys
1969 · 38 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,400
since 1921

Byran over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Byran has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #1,280, 1969boys
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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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2021#12,1465
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2019#12,1455
2018#10,7606
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2014#9,6427
2013#10,7286
2012#4,68620
2011#8,7678
2010#12,2315
2009#6,43613
2008#12,5535
2007#7,59010
2006#7,42710
2005#4,82417
2004#8,9277
2003#4,27619
2002#4,91915
2001#5,39013
2000#5,29713
1999#5,65611
1998#3,59720
1997#2,44933
1996#4,18515
1995#3,55918
1994#2,30734
1993#2,20935
1992#2,17435
1991#2,34430
1990#1,87041
1989#1,70545
1988#1,81537
1987#1,65541
1986#1,43948
1985#1,42947
1984#2,15924
1983#1,86429
1982#1,89029
1981#1,52040
1980#1,76532
1979#2,15723
1978#2,06823
1977#1,57135
1976#1,60833
1975#1,65830
1974#1,98322
1973#1,54831
1972#1,96621
1971#1,98721
1970#2,05819
1969#1,28038
1968#2,9079
1967#1,80919
1966#1,65022
1965#1,72021
1964#1,72921
1963#1,79220
1962#1,96217
1961#2,32213
1960#1,97317
1959#2,20014
1958#1,67722
1957#2,49411
1956#3,5356
1955#2,7649
1954#2,59210
1953#3,7985
1952#2,51410
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First appearance
1921

The first year at least five boys were named Byran! It came in at #3,869, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1922–1924, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Byran is popular in 1969

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,044 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 28,965 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Byran, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,044 · 1 in 28,965

Best ever in a state: #448 in Tennessee, 1972.

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See more about Byran
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1921
  • Peaked 1969 at #1,280 (38 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 38,365
  • Highest: 1 in 38,365 boys born in 1986 were named Byran (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,896 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,280 in 1969, was only 1 in 47,057 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 26.6% of all boys named Byran (372) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s19#3,155 (1925)#3,725
1930s0——
1940s11#3,212 (1942)#3,321
1950s87#1,677 (1958)#2,697
1960s197#1,280 (1969)#1,914
1970s258#1,548 (1973)#1,860
1980s372#1,429 (1985)#1,724
1990s272#1,870 (1990)#3,035
2000s122#4,276 (2003)#6,764
2010s57#4,686 (2012)#9,851
2020s5#12,146 (2021)#12,146

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.

Byran in 1969

boys
#1,280
38 births · 1 in 47,057 boys

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #1,280Byran38
More about 1969

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 47,057 of them was named Byran, which outranked 74.6% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Byran
  1. #1,265Sven39
  2. #1,265Tadd39
  3. #1,265Wilburn39
  4. #1,280Byran38
  5. #1,280Brannon38
  6. #1,280Christina38
  7. #1,280Cletus38
  8. #1,302Adalberto37
  9. #1,302Demetrio37
  10. #1,302Dimitri37

Tied with 21 names at #1,280; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →