Bryson

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bryson: Recorded since 1996, it reached #375 in 2011, and it stood at #432 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#375highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2337
2000	#3036
2003	#3467
2005	#3849
2006	#2087
2007	#3095
2008	#3687
2009	#3227
2010	#3332
2011	#2892
2012	#2458
2013	#1796
2014	#1560
2015	#1442
2016	#1123
2017	#996
2018	#1194
2019	#1152
2020	#1051
2021	#854
2022	#1143
2023	#1018
2024	#1000

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2021: #498 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #854 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2011–2020
Highest recorded position: #375 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2011 (recorded 2011–2020).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Bryson appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 346 births with the name.

Bryson across 3 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.

Bryson'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	#2863 (1996)	#854 (2021)	#1000 (2024)	24 of 29	346 (1996–2024)	36 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#375 (2011)	#375 (2011)	#392 (2020)	3 of 10	9 (2011–2020)	3 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#435 (2018)	#432 (2025)	#432 (2025)	5 of 8	30 (2018–2025)	8 (2018)

Bryson 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 Bryson in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	31	7 of 10	4
2010s	163	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	145	5 of 10	29

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 29 births a year.

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

Bryson 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 2025. Highest recorded position: #375 in Northern Ireland in 2011.

Bryson'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	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1018	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1143	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#854	36	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1194	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#996	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1123	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1796	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#432	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	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 2025, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #375, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 22 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.

Brynley · #1280, 28y
Bryony · #129, 29y
Buddy · #282, 27y
Burak · #1040, 29y

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.

Aden · #375, 29y
Izaac · #375, 29y
Kayne · #375, 29y
Sultan · #375, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aden · #375, 29y
Anisah · #375, 27y
Izaac · #375, 29y
Kayne · #375, 29y

Bryson was ranked #375 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2011. 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.

Bryson 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 Bryson without appearing here.

Bryson moved ahead of

Jade Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3332 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1560 and #4632.
Joakim Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #3227 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1796 and #4685.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1796 and #4685.
Erin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2892 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #4805.

Moved the opposite way to Bryson

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryson went from #2863 to #1000 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryson went from #2863 to #1000 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryson went from #2863 to #1000 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryson went from #2863 to #1000 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Bryson

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryson went from #2863 to #1000 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryson went from #2863 to #1000 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryson went from #2863 to #1000 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bryson went from #2863 to #1000 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 2025. Highest recorded position: #375 in Northern Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bryson

Bryson at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bryson across 3 official records

Bryson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bryson appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Bryson at a glance

Bryson across 3 official records

Bryson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bryson 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 Bryson

Bryson and the names beside it

Bryson moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Bryson

Moved the same way as Bryson