# Bryon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bryon/  
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 |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,737 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,720 / 17 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | 8,464 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8,150 |
| 1985 | 5 | 10,873 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 2,758 |
| 2012 | 38 | 3,010 |
| 2013 | 34 | 3,195 |
| 2014 | 46 | 2,629 |
| 2015 | 44 | 2,726 |
| 2016 | 29 | 3,698 |
| 2017 | 37 | 3,135 |
| 2018 | 32 | 3,456 |
| 2019 | 26 | 4,020 |
| 2020 | 25 | 4,040 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,805 |
| 2022 | 21 | 4,730 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,282 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5,699 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,426 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |

## People named Bryon

- Bryon Wilson, freestyle skier
- Bryon Russell, American basketball player (born 1970)
- Bryon Allen, American basketball player (born 1992)

## 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.