Meaning and history
From an English surname meaning “son of Brice,” Bryson began to grow steadily in popularity in the 1970s, likely because it shares the same favored sounds found in names such as Brice and Tyson.
20062006: 2,315 births, rank #176
2007: 2,323 births, rank #179
2008: 2,231 births, rank #178
2009: 2,611 births, rank #152
2010: 3,392 births, rank #120
20112011: 3,944 births, rank #97
2012: 4,042 births, rank #94
2013: 3,816 births, rank #102
2014: 3,427 births, rank #115
2015: 3,115 births, rank #133
20162016: 4,372 births, rank #94
2017: 4,679 births, rank #86
2018: 4,225 births, rank #92
2019: 3,636 births, rank #102
2020: 3,218 births, rank #115
20212021: 3,097 births, rank #122
2022: 2,712 births, rank #136
2023: 2,449 births, rank #150
2024: 2,479 births, rank #147
20252025: 2,416 births, rank #152
Bryson moved from #147 to #152 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2017, with 4,679 births.