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Byran

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Byran is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
198648 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1921
1,400people given the name
Babies named Byran, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,400 boys have been named Byran in the United States since 1921, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 48 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 48 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1980s alone account for 27%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Byran
1920s19
1940s11
1950s87
1960s197
1970s258
1980s372
1990s272
2000s122
2010s57
2020s5

In 1986, its biggest year

Byran was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1986 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1986.

Names that rose and fell with Byran

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.