Bryn

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bryn: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #219 in 2004, and it stood at #1,675 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#219highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2017	#5765
2023	#5687

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2012: #403 among boys in Northern Ireland, #616 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #837 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2012
Highest recorded position: #219 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2004 (recorded 2004–2012).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1675 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Bryn appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,575 births with the name.

Bryn across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Bryn's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#296 (1996)	#296 (1996)	#1675 (2024)	29 of 29	1,575 (1996–2024)	101 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3795 (1996)	#5687 (2023)	3 of 28	9 (1996–2023)	3 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#219 (2004)	#219 (2004)	#403 (2012)	5 of 9	22 (2004–2012)	7 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#596 (2006)	#596 (2006)	#616 (2012)	2 of 7	7 (2006–2012)	4 (2012)

Bryn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bryn in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	331	4 of 10	83
2000sbusiest	794	10 of 10	79
2010s	347	10 of 10	35
2020s	103	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 79 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births rose by 28, from 67 to 95.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bryn appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #219 in Northern Ireland in 2004.

Bryn'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.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1184	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#798	39	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#821	38	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#968	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#928	32	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#977	30	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#889	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#804	38	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#837	37	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1024	26	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#706	43	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#596	54	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#481	73	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#436	79	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#344	101	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#370	85	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#305	97	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#300	95	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#363	67	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#347	71	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#346	72	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#310	85	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#320	79	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#307	83	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#296	84	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#223	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#219	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #219, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 101 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Brydie · #1216, 24y
Bryher · #2189, 25y
Brynhild · #171, 37y
Brynjar · #232, 76y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kayley · #219, 30y
Rhian · #219, 31y
Samara · #219, 29y
Amari · #218, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ema · #219, 29y
Kayley · #219, 30y
Rhian · #219, 31y
Samara · #219, 29y

Bryn was ranked #219 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Bryn and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bryn without appearing here.

Bryn moved ahead of

Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #706 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1024 and #1303.
Craig Compare
In 2015 they stood at #977 and #821 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #928 and #1157.
Gary Compare
In 2014 they stood at #889 and #889 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #977 and #1159.
Ross Compare
In 2018 they stood at #821 and #777 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #798 and #894.

Moved ahead of Bryn

Colin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #1610 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #1000.
Murray Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #1282.
Andreas Compare
In 2010 they stood at #706 and #721 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1024 and #652.
Oisin Compare
In 2010 they stood at #706 and #811 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1024 and #696.

Moved the opposite way to Bryn

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryn went from #296 to #1675 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryn went from #296 to #1675 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryn went from #296 to #1675 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryn went from #296 to #1675 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Bryn

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryn went from #296 to #1675 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryn went from #296 to #1675 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryn went from #296 to #1675 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryn went from #296 to #1675 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #219 in Northern Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bryn

Bryn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bryn across 4 official records

Bryn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bryn appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Bryn at a glance

Bryn across 4 official records

Bryn by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bryn appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Bryn

Bryn and the names beside it

Bryn moved ahead of

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