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Bryn
About Bryn
Bryn is an up-and-coming gentle, yet substantial, Welsh name that would also be effective in the middle spot. In Wales it's a traditional boys' name, but it's far more popular for girls now in the US.
Bryn entered the U.S. girls' popularity list in 1999 but is outranked by the Brynn spelling. Reality star Bethenny Frankel named her daughter Bryn in 2010.
Trivia tidbit: Bryn Mawr college was the first institute of higher learning to offer graduate degrees to women.
Pronounced BRIN.
As of October 2026, Bryn ranked #2021 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #744 in 2011.
Editor's take: The name Bryn is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "hill".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #966 | 276 | 154.5 |
| 2015 | #1,162 | 217 | 121.6 |
| 2016 | #1,325 | 180 | 101.6 |
| 2017 | #1,626 | 133 | 77 |
| 2018 | #1,340 | 168 | 98.8 |
| 2019 | #1,482 | 148 | 88.2 |
| 2020 | #1,762 | 113 | 69.9 |
| 2021 | #1,526 | 138 | 84.1 |
| 2022 | #1,858 | 109 | 66.5 |
| 2023 | #2,078 | 93 | 58 |
| 2024 | #2,098 | 91 | 56.2 |
| 2025 | #2,021 | 94 | 58.5 |
World rankings
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Famous Bryns
- Bryn Lawton Chapman
American beauty queen and operatic soprano; Miss Indiana 2003
- Bryn Davies
American cellist and bassist
- Bryn McAuley
Canadian voice actress and singer
- Bryn Casey Hoppy
daughter of reality TV star Bethenny Frankel and ex,husband Jason Hoppy
- Annette Bryn Parri
Welsh pianist
Bryn in pop culture
- Bryttney Dina "Bryn" Breitbart
character on TV's "Jessie"
- "Bryn
" song by Vampire Weekend
- Bryn Mawr College
women's college in Pennsylvania, USA
- Bryn Jacobs
main character in Melody Carlson's "The Dating Games"