Baby Name Popularity Profile

Bryce

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Bryce.

✦ Speckled, freckled 🌍 Celtic Traditional
National Rank (2025) #357
All-Time Peak Rank #92 Achieved 2000
Total U.S. Births 124,103 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 96.9% Boy / 3.1% Girl Overwhelmingly Male
Girl Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Girl usage
First Recorded 1908 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2000s 4,319 births in 2000
💡 The Bryce Vibe: Considered a Modern Trend. A contemporary choice reflecting current cultural naming rhythms and popularity brackets.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Speckled, freckled
Language Origin Celtic
Origin Type single
Derived from a Scottish surname, ultimately from a Brythonic (Celtic) element meaning 'speckled' or 'freckled'.
Common Nicknames
Bry
Alternative Spellings
Brice
Pronunciation: BRYS
Themes & Categories
Traditional
Etymology confidence: High

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Bryce across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) -41.5%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) -70.6%
2015: 3,131 births 3,131 2016: 2,843 births 2017: 2,396 births 2018: 2,244 births 2019: 1,942 births 2020: 1,570 births 1,570 2021: 1,423 births 2022: 1,302 births 2023: 1,353 births 2024: 1,132 births 2025: 919 births 919
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 4,319 births in 2000
Years in Top 100 5 yrs
Years in Top 500 55 yrs
Longest Streak 114 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 11
1910s: 279
1920s: 872
1930s: 703
1940s: 841
1950s: 1,506
1960s: 1,932
1970s: 4,307
1980s: 10,279
1990s: 26,755
2000s: 39,878
2010s: 29,041
2020s: 7,699

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Bryce
Letter Count 5 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 7.7% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 7.7% of SSA names. Starts with B, a letter used by only 3.6% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Nevada
Top States Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Alaska, Wyoming
States with Data 51
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Nevada #523 1,119 1999 Insufficient historical volume
Utah #383 2,563 1988 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho Unranked 1,027 1998 Insufficient historical volume
Alaska Unranked 297 2000 Insufficient historical volume
Wyoming Unranked 273 1994 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #367 3,170 1998 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #644 2,340 2000 60.0% Decline
Oregon #626 1,725 1998 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #415 4,382 2000 51.4% Decline
Florida #242 6,283 2009 22.0% Decline
Montana Unranked 556 1998 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #542 2,149 1999 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas Unranked 1,858 1998 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa #405 2,302 1998 Insufficient historical volume
North Dakota Unranked 580 1993 Insufficient historical volume
Delaware #172 342 1999 Insufficient historical volume
Hawaii Unranked 509 1986 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin #529 3,264 1999 69.0% Decline
New Hampshire #162 513 2009 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska Unranked 1,173 2003 Insufficient historical volume
South Dakota Unranked 537 1999 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana #255 2,819 2003 33.3% Decline
Oklahoma #564 2,071 2002 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #234 2,265 2013 33.3% Decline
Minnesota #314 2,759 2000 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #290 3,283 2013 51.7% Decline
Michigan #276 5,064 2005 40.0% Decline
Missouri #395 2,970 2004 46.7% Decline
Maine Unranked 575 2004 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #328 3,577 2006 43.9% Decline
Ohio #397 5,808 2002 58.5% Decline
Texas #494 8,746 2001 45.2% Decline
California #423 11,273 1999 32.1% Decline
Pennsylvania #236 5,558 2011 44.1% Decline
Arkansas Unranked 1,072 2000 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #385 2,791 2006 45.3% Decline
New Mexico Unranked 520 2010 Insufficient historical volume
Vermont Unranked 165 2014 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #418 4,597 1998 46.9% Decline
Connecticut #222 1,010 2014 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina #290 1,326 2007 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #388 1,881 2000 34.4% Decline
Kentucky #487 1,527 2000 Insufficient historical volume
West Virginia #261 753 2005 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #255 2,163 2016 40.3% Decline
Mississippi #286 934 2004 Insufficient historical volume
District of Columbia Unranked 282 2013 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts #322 1,530 2015 43.3% Decline
New York #301 4,711 2016 40.8% Decline
Rhode Island #204 197 2013 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama #452 947 2014 75.6% Decline

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