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Bryer

Gender
Male
Meaning
Gentle And Sweet.
Origin
English

Bryer Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 2,215 baby boys have been named Bryer. The name peaked in 2024 with 277 US births that year (rank #866). In 2024, ranked #866 nationally.

Top States for Bryer

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Bryer births are: Ohio (125), Missouri (94), Indiana (80).

Other English-Origin Names Like Bryer

If you like Bryer's English origin, consider these related names: Aaric, Aarika, Aarshiya, Aase, Aasiya. Browse all English names →

5-Letter Names Starting with B

Names with Bryer's exact length and starting letter: Badal, Bader, Badia, Badra, Badru.

Quick Facts About Bryer

5,642
English baby names in our dictionary
3,391
English male names
209
5-letter B-names in our dictionary
783
B-male names total
2024–2025
years of US SSA records (2 total)
659
total US births named Bryer (all years)

US Popularity History (2024–2025)

🔥 Rising fast: Bryer climbed 162 places in the US boys ranking over the last 1 years (#866 in 2024 → #704 in 2025).

Annual US births named Bryer by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 382 boys named Bryer (boy rank #704 that year).

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Bryer Most Popular?

Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Bryer the strongest states are West Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota.

Strongest boys-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 West Virginia #312 17
2 Iowa #436 24
3 Minnesota #671 22
4 Missouri #679 75
5 Tennessee #730 39
6 Indiana #734 53
7 Ohio #815 42

Weakest boys-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Ohio #815 42
2 Indiana #734 53
3 Tennessee #730 39
4 Missouri #679 75
5 Minnesota #671 22
6 Iowa #436 24
7 West Virginia #312 17

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Bryer in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Bryer against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).

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