Recorded 1908–2025 · United States
Bryce was most popular in 2000, when 4,437 American babies were given the name — ranking #164 that year. In 2025 it ranked #658, with 995 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 127,695 people named Bryce.
Bryce first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1908, which makes it about 117 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 117 of the 118 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 127,695 American births named Bryce between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 121,986 are estimated to be alive today.
995 American babies were named Bryce in 2025, ranking #658 that year.
Bryce is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,296 births a year, against 3,317 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -61% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Bryce is a boy’s name — 2.8% of the 127,695 Americans given it were girls and 97.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 4% girls and 96% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 121,986 Americans named Bryce are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 22 years old, and half are between 14 and 30.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org