Bryce
Feminine
Bryce is given to boys far more often — 124,103 boys against 3,592 girls since 1880. See Bryce as a boy name
Bryce is from Saint Brice, whose Gaulish name Bricius nobody has recovered — and he was thrown out of Tours for seven years.
How old is the name Bryce?
Bryce first appears in US birth records in 1946 — 79 years ago. The typical Bryce alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 3,500 people named Bryce are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Bryce most popular?
Bryce peaked in 1998, reaching #1156 nationally. Today it ranks #2368, 1,212 places below that high. See the whole 1998 chart.
Where it comes from
From Bricius to Bryce
The story of Bryce
Brice succeeded Martin as bishop of Tours, was so disliked that he was driven out for seven years, and returned to be venerated as a saint anyway. His name spread through France and Britain regardless of the story. Bryce is used for both sexes in America and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
From the Gaulish Bricius, whose meaning is genuinely unrecovered; 'speckled' is proposed without support. Saint Brice succeeded Martin at Tours. The name became an English and Scottish surname and then a given name. The origin is undocumented.
How the name formed
- Bricius
- Brice
- Bryce
Related forms: Brice · Brice
Pronouncing Bryce
BRYSS
One syllable. Bryce and Brice are homophones; only the spelling differs.
Nicknames for Bryce
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1946
- Most girls named
- 1995144 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1156reached in 1998
- Change vs 2024
- +8.6%76 in 2025, from 70
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Bryce in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Brice in English — spelling variant
- Brice in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Bryces among us
people named Bryce are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 21,148 born in 2025 was named Bryce
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lesha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Bryce's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lesha climbed just as high around 1960, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lesha's path sketches the road Bryce is walking now.
Bryce sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Bryce is headed
Bryce should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Bryce beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Bryce in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the saint was driven out and came back is a genuinely good story.
- One syllable, clean, and never mispronounced.
- Bry is available as a short form with real currency.
- The meaning is genuinely unrecovered.
- It reads as masculine to most English speakers.
- Brice and Bryce are both in circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Bryces are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,500 people named Bryce are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Bryce in 2025?
- Bryce ranks #2368 among US girl names in 2025, with 76 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Bryce?
- About 1 in every 21,148 US girls born in 2025 was named Bryce — 76 in all.
- Will my child share the name Bryce with classmates?
- Bryce will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Bryce
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