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Brycen

#868 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Bryson

Brycen has been given to 14,012 babies in the U.S. since 1976. In 2025 it ranked #868 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 999 recorded.

Babies named Brycen, 2025

1 in 12,000

Brycen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02505007501K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Brycen: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Bryson

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Brycen means

Brycen is a variant of Bryson.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Brycen → Bryson. The family’s meaning is “son of Brice”, recorded in the naming reference for Bryson.

Origin, language, and formation

Brycen is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bryson.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 13,986 boys were recorded with the name Brycen between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 999 in 2011; its best national rank was #318 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #608 in 2020 to #868 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #451 in 2015 to #868 in 2025.

In the United States, 26 girls were recorded with the name Brycen between 2000 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2004; its best national rank was #11,795 in 2004.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Brycen?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 12,000
276 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 6,190
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#868
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,327 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Brycen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,327 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brycen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brycens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Brycen was born before 2012 — so the typical Brycen is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
52.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
13,986
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Choose a decade

2010s — 52.6% of all recorded uses (7,350).

Is Brycen rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−116
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−260
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−417
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.41×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
27.6%
Peak was 2011 (999)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#318
2011

Spellings of Brycen

Brycen is not the most common spelling — Bryan is, with 30.5% against Brycen's 1.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Brycen is used

Across 2016–2025, Brycen was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 917 boys, against 1 in 3,629 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in 33,333).

3109 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 917
  2. 2West Virginia1 in 1,042
  3. 3Alabama1 in 1,515
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 1,563
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 1,961
  6. 6Georgia1 in 2,128
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 2,222
  8. 8Arkansas1 in 2,273

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Brycen is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 81% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Brycen around the world

Where Brycen ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2009–2009
    #4,527
    in 2009
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #1,331
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1997–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Brycen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#868
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 260
Best rank ever
#318
2011
Peak year
2011
999 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
13,986
Count in 2025
276

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,795
2004
Peak year
2004
8 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2016
All-time count
26
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Brycen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BryonBryantBrysenBrytonBrysonBrydenBrylanBryerBryarBryceBrylenBrylonBrystonBrydonBryleeKaycenJaycenGracenJacenBrylinBrynBrylerBricenBryan

Names with a curve like Brycen

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Brycen, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

CasonLandynKorbinRylandIzaiahKellanCaidenKamdenLondonHarperRylanKolton

Sibling names for Brycen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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