# Bryn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bryn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | “hill”, “mound” |
| Pronunciation | /bɹɪn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,861 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,329 / 7,532 (85% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,603, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Welsh bryn (“hill, mound”), or Cumbric *brınn (“hill”) in the Greater Manchester place-name.

## What it means

Bryn is grouped under mountain.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 370 | 744 |
| 2012 | 353 | 779 |
| 2013 | 337 | 803 |
| 2014 | 276 | 967 |
| 2015 | 217 | 1,163 |
| 2016 | 180 | 1,325 |
| 2017 | 133 | 1,626 |
| 2018 | 168 | 1,340 |
| 2019 | 148 | 1,483 |
| 2020 | 113 | 1,763 |
| 2021 | 138 | 1,528 |
| 2022 | 109 | 1,858 |
| 2023 | 93 | 2,079 |
| 2024 | 91 | 2,104 |
| 2025 | 94 | 2,021 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 5,230 |
| 2012 | 17 | 5,282 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,701 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,633 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,779 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,355 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,566 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,579 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,151 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,354 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,077 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,246 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,596 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,520 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6,867 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,024 |
| 2012 | 37 | 837 |
| 2013 | 38 | 804 |
| 2014 | 33 | 889 |
| 2015 | 30 | 977 |
| 2016 | 32 | 928 |
| 2017 | 31 | 968 |
| 2018 | 38 | 821 |
| 2019 | 39 | 798 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,184 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## People named Bryn

- Bryn Forbes, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Bryn Vaile, British sailor
- Bryn McAuley, Canadian actress
- Bryn Gunn, English footballer (born 1958)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.