Girls' name · peaked in 2011
Brynn name popularity since 1925
30,211 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Brynn (98.7% girls, 1.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2012 or earlier, so the typical Brynn is about 14 years old in 2026. Brynn peaked in 2011 as the #192 name for girls, and it ranked #407 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 30,211
- Named Brynn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #407
- for girls in 2025 (767 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.7% girls
- 29,816 girls · 395 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.99× its national share
Peak year is the year Brynn made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Brynn births per year, 1925–2025
2011 was the biggest year for Brynn both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1982 and 1987, Brynn's share of baby girls fell by 60%, from 1 in 5,760 to 1 in 14,500.
- Fastest rise: Between 1998 and 2003, it became 3.4× more common, from 1 in 5,770 baby girls to 1 in 1,710.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Brynn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Brynn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Brynn in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 24 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 83 | 0 | #5,921 |
| 1960s | 118 | 12 | #3,562 |
| 1970s | 269 | 12 | #3,967 |
| 1980s | 1,798 | 80 | #933 |
| 1990s | 2,067 | 72 | #1,023 |
| 2000s | 7,636 | 104 | #420 |
| 2010s | 12,910 | 75 | #259 |
| 2020–25 | 4,911 | 40 | #407 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
44.5% of babies named Brynn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Brynn is most popular
The index compares Brynn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Brynn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.99× | 710 |
| Minnesota | 2.70× | 1,373 |
| Wisconsin | 2.09× | 1,151 |
| Nebraska | 1.87× | 365 |
| Washington | 1.73× | 808 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Brynn and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Brynn (this page) | 29,816 | 2011 |
| Bryn | 7,532 | 2011 |
| Brynne | 2,709 | 2003 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Brynn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Brynn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Brynn (2011).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data