Brynn

What Brynn means

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

Editor’s note Down from #259 in 2015 to #407 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Brynn?

US: Falling: down from #259 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2011, when 1,665 girls got the name (#192 that year). First in the US records in 1943.

How common

• About 1 in 2,096 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 50,656 baby girls in England and Wales 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 AK (4.23 per 1,000 girls), ND (2.22 per 1,000 girls), SD (1.97 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Brynn is #407 in the US and #4201 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.1% of US babies named Brynn were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Bryn94 US
• Brynne44 US
• Brinn9 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 Brynn

Girls

• Alaina#224Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Alayna#332Editor’s note Down from #223 in 2015 to #332 in 2025 in the US
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Fiona#470“fair, white”^*
• Anya#375Editor’s note Up from #550 in 2015 to #375 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Ayden#257Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Lochlan#644Editor’s note Up from #841 in 2015 to #644 in 2025 in the US
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Brynn’s. Rank is US 2025.