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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Brynne

Brynne was the 3472nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2003, when it ranked 1644th with 117 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 70 places. More babies were named Brynne in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Meaning (as Brynn) hill (Welsh bryn) · Welsh

Rank in 2025
#3,472 girls, up 552 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
44girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2003117 babies
Total since 1880
2,709babies recorded

What does the name Brynne mean?

Brynne is a spelling of Brynn, pronounced the same way, so it shares Brynn's meaning and origin.

Brynn is a spelling of the Welsh name Bryn, from the Welsh word bryn, "hill, mound". Wiktionary also notes a Cumbric word for hill behind some English place names. Bryn is traditionally a boy's name in Wales, while Brynn with two n's is used mostly for girls in the US.

bryn (Welsh, “hill, mound”)

How sure is this? Well established.

Related names: Bryn, Brynlee, Brinley.

See also: Welsh names, names that mean meadow, hill or valley.

Sources for this meaning

Brynne popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#3,47244
2020#4,02435
2010#2,56671
2000#1,662106
1990#1,90973
1980#2,25244
1970#5,09010
1960#6,4705
1950——
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How popular is Brynne, counting every spelling?

Brynne is a spelling of Brynn, a name family that ranked #360 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,472 for Brynne on its own. Together these spellings went to 914 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Brynn767#4073,981
Bryn94#2,021525
Brynne44#3,472162
Brinn9#10,24543

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Brynne?

44 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brynne (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Brynne born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 191 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brynne.

Chance of another Brynne in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Brynne?

About 2,700 people born in the US named Brynne are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 16 and 35. That makes Brynne mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Brynne by state

How common Brynne was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Brynne, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Brynne: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brynne, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Brynne

What does Brynne mean?

Brynne is a spelling of Brynn, which means “hill (Welsh bryn)” (Welsh origin). Certainty: well established.

How popular is the name Brynne?

Brynne was the 3472nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2003, when it ranked 1644th with 117 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 70 places. More babies were named Brynne in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Brynne a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Brynne in the US.

Where is Brynne most popular?

In 2021–2025, Brynne was most common in Virginia (0.04 per 1,000 girls).