# Bryony (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bryony/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 263 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 263 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,180, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the bryony plant in the 19th century.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | 17,599 |
| 2009 | 7 | 13,956 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,515 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,244 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,716 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,155 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,842 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10,850 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,112 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,686 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,056 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,684 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9,824 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,506 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 57 | 681 |
| 2012 | 49 | 789 |
| 2013 | 33 | 1,075 |
| 2014 | 47 | 814 |
| 2015 | 31 | 1,114 |
| 2016 | 37 | 975 |
| 2017 | 36 | 1,002 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1,200 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,252 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,200 |
| 2021 | 37 | 936 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,326 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1,198 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

## People named Bryony

- Bryony Page, British trampolinist
- Bryony Shaw, British windsurfer
- Bryony Pitman, British archer

## 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.