# Bryson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bryson/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹaɪsən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 83,525 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 83,241 / 284 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 374, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Brice + -son.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 12,647 |
| 2010 | 15 | 7,961 |
| 2011 | 11 | 9,844 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,425 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,433 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,664 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,063 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,154 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,850 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,280 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,237 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13,768 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,452 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13,917 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15,713 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,944 | 97 |
| 2012 | 4,042 | 94 |
| 2013 | 3,816 | 102 |
| 2014 | 3,427 | 115 |
| 2015 | 3,115 | 133 |
| 2016 | 4,372 | 94 |
| 2017 | 4,679 | 86 |
| 2018 | 4,225 | 92 |
| 2019 | 3,636 | 102 |
| 2020 | 3,218 | 115 |
| 2021 | 3,097 | 122 |
| 2022 | 2,712 | 136 |
| 2023 | 2,449 | 150 |
| 2024 | 2,479 | 147 |
| 2025 | 2,416 | 152 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,123 |
| 2017 | 30 | 996 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,194 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2021 | 36 | 854 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,143 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,018 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,000 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,066 |

## People named Bryson

- Bryson DeChambeau, American professional golfer
- Bryson Burroughs, American painter and art historian (1869–1934)
- Logic, American rapper from Maryland

## 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.