# Brynn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brynn/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 30,211 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 395 / 29,816 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 89, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Bryn.

## 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 | 1,665 | 192 |
| 2012 | 1,656 | 189 |
| 2013 | 1,487 | 214 |
| 2014 | 1,257 | 262 |
| 2015 | 1,229 | 259 |
| 2016 | 1,238 | 257 |
| 2017 | 1,095 | 297 |
| 2018 | 1,087 | 308 |
| 2019 | 1,056 | 307 |
| 2020 | 930 | 333 |
| 2021 | 847 | 361 |
| 2022 | 806 | 388 |
| 2023 | 741 | 414 |
| 2024 | 820 | 383 |
| 2025 | 767 | 407 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 11,022 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,252 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,802 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,794 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,358 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,826 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10,983 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,266 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,313 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,807 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,439 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,116 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,532 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,421 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9,865 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2,587 |
| 2002 | 7 | 1,799 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,070 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,435 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,126 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Brynn

- Brynn Thayer, American actress
- Brynn Tyler, American pornographic actress

## 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.