Bryceson
Masculine
On Saint Brice's Day in 1002, Aethelred ordered every Dane in England killed. It is one of the worst days in English history and it did not work: the king of Denmark's sister was among the dead, and her brother invaded, and within fifteen years a Dane was on the English throne.
How old is the name Bryceson?
Bryceson first appears in US birth records in 1985 — 40 years ago. The typical Bryceson alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 500 people named Bryceson are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Bryceson most popular?
Bryceson peaked in 2015, reaching #3299 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 8,709 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
Where it comes from
From Bricius to Bryceson
The story of Bryceson
Saint Brice was Martin of Tours's successor and by all accounts a difficult man, and his feast on the thirteenth of November is remembered in England for the wrong reason. The massacre was ordered after years of Danish raiding and it made things considerably worse. The name itself traveled to Scotland, where it became a Border surname and then a given name, and reached America from there. What is new is the ending. Patronymic surnames in -son are real and old — Jackson, Johnson, Harrison, Anderson — but they were formed centuries ago from names that were common then. Bryceson was made recently, from a name that was not, to sound like one of them.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Bryce is from the Latin name Bricius, borne by a fifth-century bishop of Tours, and its meaning has never been established; a Gaulish origin is likely. The -son ending here is a modern addition: Bryceson has not existed as an English surname, and the name is built to look like one.
How the name formed
- Bricius
- Bryce
- Bryceson
Pronouncing Bryceson
BRYCE-un
Two syllables, stress on the first, with the second reduced almost to nothing. Bryceson and Bryson are said almost identically, and the two will be confused.
Nicknames for Bryceson
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
- 1985
- Most boys named
- 201534 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3299reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- −16.7%5 in 2025, from 6
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.
Brycesons among us
people named Bryceson are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Bryceson
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 Larsen test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Bryceson's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Larsen climbed just as high around 2000, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Larsen's path sketches the road Bryceson is walking now.
Bryceson 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
Bryceson beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Bryceson in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Bryce works immediately as a short form and is a full name of its own.
- Two syllables that everyone reads correctly on sight.
- The saint behind it is documented, with a date and a see.
- Bryson is far commoner and this will be read as a variant of it.
- The -son ending was never a real surname here, which some people notice.
- Neither the name nor the ending has a documented meaning.
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Frequently asked
- How many Brycesons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Bryceson are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Bryceson in 2025?
- Bryceson ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Bryceson?
- About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Bryceson — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Bryceson with classmates?
- Bryceson will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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