girls:
264 births since 2006
#5452 (5th percentile)
boys:
1.9k births since 1990
#2851 (38th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1990
#5590 (28th percentile)
The name Bryer is the #5,590 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,202 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 27.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,851 (37.8% percentile) for all time with 1,938 births since 1990. For girls, it ranks #5,452 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 264 births since 2006.
Bryer first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for boys and 2006 for girls).
The name Bryer has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 84.6% of babies named Bryer were boys.
For boys, Bryer reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 12.8% percentile (ranked #789) with 59 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 66 births per million (ranked 12.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Bryer is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #795 (12.7% percentile) with 66 births per million.
For girls, Bryer reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #918) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Bryer ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 82.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bryer".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Bryer. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Bryer is pronounced as BRAI-er, which has 2 syllables.
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