Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Origin: EnglishIn Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Bryson yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Bryson peaked on both measures in 2017 — 4,677 births, rank 86 — and has retreated 28% since, to 2,469 at rank 147. It belongs to the -son cohort with Jackson, Mason, Greyson and Dawson, and it is falling while Dawson is climbing, which is a useful caution against treating any of these sound-groups as moving in lockstep. Recorded from 1914, 81,069 births in total, essentially all since 1990. Two bearers are listed, both musicians: Bryson Tiller, born 1993, and the rapper Logic, whose given name is Sir Robert Bryson Hall. Neither predates the name's rise sufficiently to have caused it, which again points to pattern rather than person.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 6 | #2,965 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,129 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,959 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,261 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,139 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,796 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,573 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,348 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,048 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,314 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,544 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,896 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,679 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,123 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,565 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,584 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,476 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,673 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,219 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,964 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,776 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,206 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,415 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,724 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,084 |
| 1948 | 11 | #2,339 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,875 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,124 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,517 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,132 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,934 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,646 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,845 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,897 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,733 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,978 |
| 1965 | 8 | #3,012 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,899 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,488 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,845 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,057 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,068 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,789 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,775 |
| 1973 | 35 | #1,437 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,217 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,159 |
| 1976 | 42 | #1,377 |
| 1977 | 54 | #1,199 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,112 |
| 1979 | 107 | #838 |
| 1980 | 136 | #752 |
| 1981 | 136 | #747 |
| 1982 | 178 | #650 |
| 1983 | 180 | #637 |
| 1984 | 194 | #611 |
| 1985 | 209 | #605 |
| 1986 | 262 | #548 |
| 1987 | 256 | #566 |
| 1988 | 312 | #518 |
| 1989 | 327 | #531 |
| 1990 | 333 | #552 |
| 1991 | 383 | #506 |
| 1992 | 394 | #510 |
| 1993 | 443 | #475 |
| 1994 | 467 | #468 |
| 1995 | 543 | #418 |
| 1996 | 689 | #353 |
| 1997 | 741 | #345 |
| 1998 | 860 | #321 |
| 1999 | 1,066 | #277 |
| 2000 | 1,206 | #269 |
| 2001 | 1,356 | #246 |
| 2002 | 1,471 | #229 |
| 2003 | 1,658 | #214 |
| 2004 | 1,916 | #200 |
| 2005 | 1,980 | #195 |
| 2006 | 2,315 | #176 |
| 2007 | 2,323 | #179 |
| 2008 | 2,231 | #178 |
| 2009 | 2,611 | #152 |
| 2010 | 3,392 | #120 |
| 2011 | 3,943 | #97 |
| 2012 | 4,041 | #94 |
| 2013 | 3,816 | #102 |
| 2014 | 3,425 | #117 |
| 2015 | 3,115 | #133 |
| 2016 | 4,372 | #94 |
| 2017 | 4,677 | #86 |
| 2018 | 4,223 | #92 |
| 2019 | 3,633 | #102 |
| 2020 | 3,217 | #115 |
| 2021 | 3,096 | #122 |
| 2022 | 2,705 | #137 |
| 2023 | 2,444 | #150 |
| 2024 | 2,469 | #147 |
