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Bryson

Boy's name · #152 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Bryson's best rank, #86, came in 2017; it has settled back to #152 today. Roughly 83,000 boys have been named Bryson since 1914.

After two declining years, US use of Bryson jumped in 2016, the year after the release of Bryson Tiller’s debut album, T R A P S O U L (2015).

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#407 in N. Ireland (2025) · #437 in Ireland (2025) · #672 in Scotland (2025) · #1,068 in England & Wales (2025) · #286 in Canada (2024).

Famous Brysons

• Bryson Tiller — American singer and rapper (born 1993)
• Bryson DeChambeau — American professional golfer
• Bryson of Heraclea — Late 5th-century BCE Greek mathematician
• Bryson of Achaea — 4th-century BC Greek philosopher
• Bryson Burroughs — American painter and art historian (1869–1934)

What Brysons become

Among 71 notable people named Bryson:

Sports figures appear 3.34× more often than among typical names — e.g. Bryson DeChambeau, American professional golfer.

Similar names: Brycen · Jace · Brody · Tucker · Greyson · Carson

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