Bryant
Bryant is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 176 births. Its best rank was 164th, in 1988.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1760.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19891,737 births
- Best rank
- #164in 1988
- Since 1880
- 51,550people given the name
The story in the numbers
51,550 boys have been named Bryant in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1989, with 1,737 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1990s alone account for 19%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Bryant | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 109 | |
| 1890s | 162 | |
| 1900s | 142 | |
| 1910s | 498 | |
| 1920s | 882 | |
| 1930s | 780 | |
| 1940s | 1,040 | |
| 1950s | 2,256 | |
| 1960s | 5,341 | |
| 1970s | 6,152 | |
| 1980s | 9,662 | |
| 1990s | 9,969 | |
| 2000s | 8,499 | |
| 2010s | 4,724 | |
| 2020s | 1,334 |
In 1989, its biggest year
Bryant was the 176th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1989 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1989.
Names that rose and fell with Bryant
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Albertopeak 1991
- Andrewpeak 1987
- Antoniopeak 1997
- Josepeak 2002
- Marcuspeak 1984
- Franciscopeak 1993
- Orlandopeak 1987
- Terrellpeak 1989
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.