girls:
28.2k births since 1943
#852 (85th percentile)
boys:
374 births since 1962
#4212 (8th percentile)
overall:
28.6k births since 1943
#1504 (81st percentile)
The name Brynn is the #1,504 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 28,596 recorded births since 1943. This represents the 80.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 80.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #852 (85.1% percentile) for all time with 28,222 births since 1943. For boys, it ranks #4,212 (8.1% percentile) for all time with 374 births since 1962.
Brynn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1943 (1943 for girls and 1962 for boys). Birth data for Brynn is available in 74 out of the 81 years between 1943 and 2023 (74 years for girls and 45 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Brynn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Brynn reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 80.7% percentile (ranked #182) with 854 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 859 births per million (ranked 80.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Brynn ranks #383 for girls (59.6% percentile) with 422 births per million, which is 49.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Brynn reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #745) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brynn".
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