boys' name ★ peaked 2000

Bryce

Gender Boy · 3% girls Rank 2025 #357 Trend ↓ Falling 38%

A male given name from the Celtic languages, variant of Brice.

Rank 2025
#357
among boys · ↓61 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
995
named Bryce · -17% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,859
boys born in 2025
Peak year
2000
4,437 babies
All-time total
127,695
#270 all-time among boys
First recorded
1908
in Social Security records

Bryce popularity over time

127,695 babies have been named Bryce since 1908, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020BoysGirls
BoysGirls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – 11 11 1 – #1,292
1910s – 279 279 28 +2436% #832
1920s – 872 872 87 +213% #554
1930s – 703 703 70 -19% #617
1940s 5 841 846 85 +20% #609
1950s 20 1,506 1,526 153 +80% #552
1960s 10 1,932 1,942 194 +27% #526
1970s 77 4,307 4,384 438 +126% #337
1980s 227 10,279 10,506 1,051 +140% #179
1990s 978 26,755 27,733 2,773 +164% #93
2000s 1,033 39,878 40,911 4,091 +48% #92
2010s 826 29,041 29,867 2,987 -27% #112
2020s (to 2025) 416 7,699 8,115 1,353 -55% #234

Where Bryce is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 841 0.49 #376
2027 779 0.46 #409
2028 730 0.43 #435
2029 691 0.40 #453
2030 660 0.39 #468

Where Bryce is most popular

Boys named Bryce per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.710 per 1,000. Strongest in Delaware, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Bryce born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Delaware 43 2.84 +300%
New Hampshire 40 1.80 +154%
Pennsylvania 431 1.62 +129%
New Jersey 303 1.51 +112%
Maryland 170 1.43 +101%
Connecticut 90 1.33 +87%
Alabama 137 1.25 +77%
District of Columbia 17 1.15 +62%
Mississippi 65 1.14 +61%
Michigan 225 1.10 +55%
South Carolina 110 1.06 +50%
Louisiana 106 1.04 +46%
New York 418 0.965 +36%
Florida 453 0.957 +35%
Massachusetts 130 0.945 +33%
Virginia 176 0.928 +31%
Ohio 240 0.906 +28%
Wisconsin 105 0.886 +25%
Georgia 219 0.865 +22%
Nevada 49 0.860 +21%
North Carolina 209 0.819 +15%
South Dakota 15 0.806 +14%
West Virginia 26 0.796 +12%
Vermont 5 0.796 +12%
Illinois 199 0.779 +10%
Missouri 105 0.758 +7%
Rhode Island 12 0.736 ≈ national
Tennessee 124 0.687 ≈ national
Indiana 106 0.661 -7%
Minnesota 80 0.652 -8%
Utah 57 0.597 -16%
Iowa 40 0.580 -18%
New Mexico 19 0.577 -19%
Texas 507 0.575 -19%
Nebraska 25 0.575 -19%
Arkansas 36 0.569 -20%
Maine 11 0.567 -20%
Kentucky 55 0.548 -23%
Oklahoma 48 0.543 -24%
California 493 0.539 -24%
Colorado 67 0.519 -27%
Arizona 82 0.501 -29%
Washington 72 0.440 -38%
Oregon 33 0.435 -39%
Idaho 16 0.391 -45%
Kansas 21 0.306 -57%
Alaska – – –
Hawaii – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Bryce

Bryce is moderately common for boys in the United States, ranked #357 in 2025 with 919 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1908, 127,695 American babies have been named Bryce. Its peak came in 2000, when 4,437 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Bryce stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Bryce?

The median living Bryce is about 21 years old; half are between 13 and 29. An estimated 122 thousand people named Bryce are alive in the United States today.

median 21 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Bryce year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 76 #2,369 919 #357
2024 70 #2,536 1,132 #296
2023 71 #2,499 1,353 #258
2022 73 #2,468 1,302 #265
2021 62 #2,755 1,423 #250
2020 64 #2,635 1,570 #234
2019 84 #2,201 1,942 #203
2018 69 #2,535 2,244 #175
2017 88 #2,167 2,396 #166
2016 71 #2,520 2,843 #147
2015 80 #2,324 3,131 #131
2014 67 #2,620 3,118 #131
2013 85 #2,192 3,353 #117
2012 91 #2,102 3,184 #117
2011 114 #1,782 3,360 #114
2010 77 #2,431 3,470 #112
2009 99 #2,065 3,711 #111
2008 86 #2,274 3,662 #117
2007 116 #1,830 3,939 #111
2006 115 #1,798 3,974 #109
2005 104 #1,856 3,904 #109
2004 110 #1,748 4,024 #108
2003 84 #2,093 4,127 #103
2002 77 #2,161 4,068 #97
2001 124 #1,509 4,150 #92
2000 118 #1,533 4,319 #92
1995 144 #1,191 2,420 #145
1990 31 #3,443 1,818 #169
1985 27 #3,258 984 #236
1980 17 #4,348 658 #302
1975 10 #5,573 474 #354
1970 – – 275 #489
1965 – – 191 #556
1960 – – 186 #571
1955 8 #4,407 146 #614
1950 – – 124 #617
1945 – – 72 #718
1940 – – 68 #743
1935 – – 68 #741
1930 – – 83 #685
1925 – – 87 #692
1920 – – 115 #580
1915 – – 33 #1,127
1910 – – 5 #1,625
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Bryce

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Bryce Dallas Howard Bryce Dallas Howard American actress and director (born 1981) Contemporary
  2. 2 Bryce Harper Bryce Harper American baseball player (born 1992) Contemporary
  3. 3 Bryce DeWitt Bryce DeWitt American theoretical physicist (1923–2004) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Bryce, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Bryce?

The median living Bryce is about 21 years old. Half of all living Bryces are between 13 and 29 years old.

How many people named Bryce are alive today?

An estimated 122 thousand people named Bryce are alive in the United States, based on 127,695 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Bryce mean?

A male given name from the Celtic languages, variant of Brice.

How popular is the name Bryce in 2025?

Bryce ranked #357 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 919 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Bryce?

127,695 babies have been named Bryce in the United States since 1908, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Bryce most popular?

Bryce peaked in 2000, when 4,437 newborns received the name.

Is Bryce a boy or girl name?

Bryce is overwhelmingly a boy's name: 97% of babies with the name.

Is the name Bryce rising or falling?

Bryce is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Bryce become more popular?

Bryce is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 660 boys named Bryce in 2030, which would rank around #468. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Bryce?

Well-known people named Bryce include Bryce Dallas Howard (actor), Bryce Harper (baseball player), Bryce DeWitt (physicist).

Names like Bryce

Names that sound and feel close to Bryce: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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