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Bryan

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What official birth registration shows about Bryan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bryan: Recorded every year since 1954, it reached #64 in 1957, and it stood at #372 in 2025.

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Boys rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #442 to #659.200020052010201520202025#442#659
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
View as table
England and Wales · Boys rank by year
YearRank
1996#472
1997#493
1998#538
1999#516
2000#651
2001#559
2002#559
2003#653
2004#599
2005#442
2006#515
2007#532
2008#518
2009#570
2010#625
2011#524
2012#498
2013#486
2014#457
2015#456
2016#501
2017#600
2018#580
2019#512
2020#524
2021#659
2022#465
2023#519
2024#486
2025#497

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2025: #372 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #497 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1954–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1954

    First recorded at #74 among boys in New Zealand in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    New Zealand · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1954–1970

    Highest recorded position: #64 among boys in New Zealand, in 1957 (recorded 1954–1970).

    New Zealand · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #497 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Boys

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #64 in New Zealand in 1957.

Bryan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesmale#49777HighVerified
2024England and Walesmale#48681HighVerified
2023England and Walesmale#51975HighVerified
2022England and Walesmale#46586HighVerified
2021England and Walesmale#65955HighVerified
2020England and Walesmale#52472HighVerified
2019England and Walesmale#51276HighVerified
2018England and Walesmale#58064HighVerified
2017England and Walesmale#60061HighVerified
2016England and Walesmale#50181HighVerified
2015England and Walesmale#45689HighVerified
2014England and Walesmale#45786HighVerified
2013England and Walesmale#48679HighVerified
2012England and Walesmale#49876HighVerified
2011England and Walesmale#52467HighVerified
2010England and Walesmale#62552HighVerified
2009England and Walesmale#57058HighVerified
2008England and Walesmale#51866HighVerified
2007England and Walesmale#53259HighVerified
2006England and Walesmale#51559HighVerified
2005England and Walesmale#44264HighVerified
2004England and Walesmale#59940HighVerified
2003England and Walesmale#65333HighVerified
2002England and Walesmale#55937HighVerified
2001England and Walesmale#55934HighVerified
2000England and Walesmale#65128HighVerified
1999England and Walesmale#51638HighVerified
1998England and Walesmale#53835HighVerified
1997England and Walesmale#49338HighVerified
1996England and Walesmale#47239HighVerified
1963New South Wales, Australiamale#9466InsufficientNot yet available
1962New South Wales, Australiamale#9269InsufficientNot yet available
1970New Zealandmale#8784HighVerified
1969New Zealandmale#9959HighVerified
1968New Zealandmale#9172HighVerified
1967New Zealandmale#8578HighVerified
1966New Zealandmale#8775HighVerified
1965New Zealandmale#8871HighVerified
1964New Zealandmale#8674HighVerified
1963New Zealandmale#7891HighVerified
1962New Zealandmale#73106HighVerified
1961New Zealandmale#8093HighVerified
1960New Zealandmale#8184HighVerified
1959New Zealandmale#7688HighVerified
1958New Zealandmale#8279HighVerified
1957New Zealandmale#64109HighVerified
1956New Zealandmale#6895HighVerified
1955New Zealandmale#6598HighVerified
1954New Zealandmale#7479HighVerified
2024Northern Irelandmale#3055HighVerified
2022Northern Irelandmale#4143HighVerified
2015Northern Irelandmale#2886HighVerified
2014Northern Irelandmale#3983HighVerified
2013Northern Irelandmale#3035HighVerified
2010Northern Irelandmale#3873HighVerified
2009Northern Irelandmale#3903HighVerified
2008Northern Irelandmale#3284HighVerified
2007Northern Irelandmale#3573HighVerified
2006Northern Irelandmale#3413HighVerified
2005Northern Irelandmale#2654HighVerified
2004Northern Irelandmale#2355HighVerified
2003Northern Irelandmale#2106HighVerified
2002Northern Irelandmale#2205HighVerified
2000Northern Irelandmale#1897HighVerified
1999Northern Irelandmale#2414HighVerified
1998Northern Irelandmale#1828HighVerified
1997Northern Irelandmale#1798HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandmale#37210HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandmale#4727HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandmale#5166HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandmale#38010HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandmale#36410HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandmale#30714HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandmale#5645HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandmale#4358HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandmale#33612HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandmale#6014HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandmale#35511HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandmale#30215HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandmale#35211HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandmale#26718HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandmale#4079HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandmale#24122HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandmale#24022HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandmale#30614HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandmale#18028HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandmale#20021HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandmale#16228HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandmale#12939HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandmale#14529HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandmale#11042HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandmale#13927HighVerified
2000Republic of Irelandmale#11639HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandmale#16119HighVerified
1998Republic of Irelandmale#12529HighVerified
1997Republic of Irelandmale#10647HighVerified
1996Republic of Irelandmale#13035HighVerified
1995Republic of Irelandmale#9557HighVerified
1994Republic of Irelandmale#11044HighVerified
1993Republic of Irelandmale#9263HighVerified
1992Republic of Irelandmale#8770HighVerified
1991Republic of Irelandmale#9164HighVerified
1990Republic of Irelandmale#9166HighVerified
1989Republic of Irelandmale#9356HighVerified
1988Republic of Irelandmale#8374HighVerified
1987Republic of Irelandmale#7984HighVerified
1986Republic of Irelandmale#8573HighVerified
1985Republic of Irelandmale#7892HighVerified
1984Republic of Irelandmale#8279HighVerified
1983Republic of Irelandmale#8178HighVerified
1982Republic of Irelandmale#10060HighVerified
1981Republic of Irelandmale#9070HighVerified
1980Republic of Irelandmale#9371HighVerified
1979Republic of Irelandmale#9372HighVerified
1978Republic of Irelandmale#9965HighVerified
1977Republic of Irelandmale#9868HighVerified
1976Republic of Irelandmale#10552HighVerified
1975Republic of Irelandmale#10454HighVerified
1974Republic of Irelandmale#10551HighVerified
1973Republic of Irelandmale#11643HighVerified
1972Republic of Irelandmale#12036HighVerified
1971Republic of Irelandmale#12331HighVerified
1970Republic of Irelandmale#12029HighVerified
1969Republic of Irelandmale#15914HighVerified
1968Republic of Irelandmale#12720HighVerified
1967Republic of Irelandmale#13217HighVerified
1966Republic of Irelandmale#12022HighVerified
1965Republic of Irelandmale#14812HighVerified
1964Republic of Irelandmale#1758HighVerified
2024Scotlandmale#33011HighVerified

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Bryan is officially recorded

6 official registrars have recorded Bryan, between 1954 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

New ZealandNew Zealand: recorded in 1954New Zealand: recorded in 1955New Zealand: recorded in 1956New Zealand: recorded in 1957New Zealand: recorded in 1958New Zealand: recorded in 1959New Zealand: recorded in 1960New Zealand: recorded in 1961New Zealand: recorded in 1962New Zealand: recorded in 1963New Zealand: recorded in 1964New Zealand: recorded in 1965New Zealand: recorded in 1966New Zealand: recorded in 1967New Zealand: recorded in 1968New Zealand: recorded in 1969New Zealand: recorded in 1970New Zealand: highest position in 1957New South Wales, Austra…New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1962New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1963New South Wales, Australia: highest position in 1962Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1964Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1965Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1966Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1967Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1968Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1969Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1970Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1971Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1972Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1973Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1974Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1975Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1976Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1977Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1978Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1979Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1980Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1981Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1982Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1983Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1984Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1985Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1986Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1987Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1988Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1989Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1990Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1991Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1992Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1993Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1994Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1995Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1996Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1997Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1998Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2000Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 1985England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2005Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 1997Northern Ireland: recorded in 1998Northern Ireland: recorded in 1999Northern Ireland: recorded in 2000Northern Ireland: recorded in 2002Northern Ireland: recorded in 2003Northern Ireland: recorded in 2004Northern Ireland: recorded in 2005Northern Ireland: recorded in 2006Northern Ireland: recorded in 2007Northern Ireland: recorded in 2008Northern Ireland: recorded in 2009Northern Ireland: recorded in 2010Northern Ireland: recorded in 2013Northern Ireland: recorded in 2014Northern Ireland: recorded in 2015Northern Ireland: recorded in 2022Northern Ireland: recorded in 2024Northern Ireland: highest position in 1997ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419542025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
New Zealand1954–197017#64 in 1957
New South Wales, Australia1962–19632#92 in 1962
Republic of Ireland1964–202562#78 in 1985
England and Wales1996–202530#442 in 2005
Northern Ireland1997–202418#179 in 1997
Scotland20241#330 in 2024

Its high point came 67 years earlier in New Zealand (1957) than in Scotland (2024).

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What is known about Bryan

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
6 official registrars, 1954–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Not established
Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #64 in New Zealand in 1957. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.