Bryer

What Bryer means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Bryer yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note 382 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Bryer?

US: Rising: up from #1416 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 382 boys got the name (#703 that year). First in the US records in 1990.

How common

• About 1 in 4,471 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (1.14 per 1,000 boys), NE (0.91 per 1,000 boys), KY (0.88 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Bryer is #703 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 88.6% of US babies named Bryer were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Bryar84 US
• Breyer13 US
• Bryor12 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Bryer

Boys

• Tatum#202Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #585 in 2015, #202 in 2025
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Benson#279Editor’s note Up from #472 in 2015 to #279 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Clara#63“bright, shining, clear”^*
• Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Bryer’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.