Briana
#661 for girls in 2025, 431 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 5,000 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 97,120since 1950
Briana over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #661 | 431 | — | |
| 2024 | #536 | 565 | — | |
| 2023 | #470 | 655 | — | |
| 2022 | #538 | 572 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #631 | 469 | — | |
| 2020 | #614 | 475 | — | |
| 2019 | #558 | 547 | — | |
| 2018 | #542 | 574 | — | |
| 2017 | #463 | 679 | — | |
| 2016 | #443 | 725 | — | |
| 2015 | #421 | 765 | — | |
| 2014 | #419 | 766 | — | |
| 2013 | #350 | 916 | — | |
| 2012 | #299 | 1,063 | — | |
| 2011 | #235 | 1,339 | — | |
| 2010 | #183 | 1,692 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #151 | 2,075 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #146 | 2,355 | — | |
| 2007 | #120 | 2,826 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #123 | 2,784 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #126 | 2,542 | — | |
| 2004 | #120 | 2,826 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #114 | 3,059 | — | |
| 2002 | #102 | 3,262 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #101 | 3,236 | — | |
| 2000 | #83 | 3,754 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #82 | 3,839 | — | |
| 1998 | #79 | 4,153 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #72 | 4,476 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #72 | 4,735 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #74 | 4,612 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #68 | 5,000 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #71 | 4,880 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #79 | 4,350 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #95 | 3,689 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #109 | 3,067 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #126 | 2,353 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #158 | 1,802 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #190 | 1,450 | — | |
| 1986 | #235 | 1,106 | — | |
| 1985 | #307 | 788 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #292 | 816 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #335 | 688 | — | |
| 1982 | #341 | 704 | — | |
| 1981 | #394 | 572 | — | |
| 1980 | #381 | 602 | — | |
| 1979 | #420 | 500 | — | |
| 1978 | #504 | 377 | — | |
| 1977 | #514 | 362 | — | |
| 1976 | #736 | 200 | — | |
| 1975 | #785 | 179 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,013 | 118 | — | |
| 1973 | #980 | 121 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,169 | 92 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,164 | 99 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,474 | 68 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,370 | 70 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,154 | 30 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,608 | 22 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
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| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
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| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Briana! It came in at #3,962, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1952, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Briana is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Colorado#231 · 1 in 1,235
- Washington#253 · 1 in 1,434
- Kansas#259 · 1 in 1,493
- District of Columbia#263 · 1 in 1,106
- Minnesota#264 · 1 in 1,769
Best ever in a state: #16 in District of Columbia, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #231 | 14 | 1 in 1,235 |
| Washington | #253 | 16 | 1 in 1,434 |
| Kansas | #259 | 9 | 1 in 1,493 |
| District of Columbia | #263 | 5 | 1 in 1,106 |
| Minnesota | #264 | 15 | 1 in 1,769 |
| Arizona | #277 | 12 | 1 in 1,365 |
| Iowa | #311 | 8 | 1 in 2,324 |
| Oregon | #315 | 8 | 1 in 1,931 |
| New Mexico | #346 | 5 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Missouri | #347 | 12 | 1 in 2,555 |
| Utah | #395 | 6 | 1 in 2,528 |
| Wisconsin | #399 | 8 | 1 in 3,621 |
| Maryland | #401 | 7 | 1 in 2,608 |
| California | #419 | 61 | 1 in 2,514 |
| Pennsylvania | #431 | 18 | 1 in 3,667 |
| Ohio | #474 | 16 | 1 in 4,310 |
| Massachusetts | #476 | 7 | 1 in 4,236 |
| Indiana | #493 | 8 | 1 in 4,349 |
| Michigan | #515 | 13 | 1 in 4,427 |
| New Jersey | #585 | 8 | 1 in 4,534 |
| Illinois | #587 | 15 | 1 in 4,727 |
| Virginia | #600 | 5 | 1 in 5,568 |
| Georgia | #602 | 7 | 1 in 4,607 |
| Texas | #622 | 23 | 1 in 4,495 |
| North Carolina | #623 | 6 | 1 in 5,395 |
| Florida | #759 | 7 | 1 in 6,289 |
| New York | #850 | 13 | 1 in 7,564 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Briana
- 125 spots since 2024 (#536 → #661)
- 47 spots since 2020 (#614 → #661)
- 240 spots since 2015 (#421 → #661)
- Biggest jump: 228 spots in 1975 (#1,013 → #785)
- Biggest drop: 125 spots in 2025 (#536 → #661)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1994 at #68 (5,000 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1991–2000
- Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1975–2025
- Highest: 1 in 357 girls born in 1994 were named Briana (0.28%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,729 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 44.1% of all girls named Briana (42,801) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 72 | #2,926 (1957) | #4,232 |
| 1960s | 298 | #1,370 (1969) | #2,464 |
| 1970s | 2,116 | #420 (1979) | #876 |
| 1980s | 10,881 | #126 (1989) | #276 |
| 1990s | 42,801 | #68 (1994) | #80 |
| 2000s | 28,719 | #83 (2000) | #119 |
| 2010s | 9,066 | #183 (2010) | #391 |
| 2020s | 3,167 | #470 (2023) | #575 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Briana in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 4,063 of them was named Briana, which outranked 95.6% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.