Brycen
Brycen is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Brycen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Brycen is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Brycen
Brycen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1976, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2011: 999 births, good for #318 nationwide. About 51% of every Brycen on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Brycen ranks #836 for baby boys with 295 births, falling sharply (-37%). All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Brycen
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About the name Brycen
Brycen is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Brycen's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #318. Use the chart and map above to compare Brycen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.