Bryson

What Bryson means

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

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #152 vs #1,066 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Bryson?

US: Falling: down from #133 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1442 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 4,679 boys got the name (#86 that year). First in the US records in 1914.

How common

• About 1 in 707 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 9,712 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland 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 SD (3.12 per 1,000 boys), WV (3.09 per 1,000 boys), NH (2.89 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Bryson is #152 in the US and #1066 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Bryson were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Brycen276 US
• Brysen63 US
• Brayson57 US
• Braysen15 US
• Brison15 US
• Braison11 US
• Breyson8 US
• Brysun6 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 Bryson

Boys

• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Cason#846“house”^*
• Kamden#717Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1986, with 6 babies
• Camden#205“enclosure + valley”^*
• Braxton#172Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #172 vs #2,014 in 2025

For a sister

• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025
• Brinley#608Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #608 vs #5,927 in 2025
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Kinley#691Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #235 in 2015, #691 in 2025
• Mckinley#712Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1978, with 5 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Bryson’s. Rank is US 2025.