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

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Peak · girls
1994 · 5,000 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
97,120
since 1950

Briana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #68, 1994girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#661431—
2024#536565—
2023#470655—
2022#538572#12,3305
2021#631469—
2020#614475—
2019#558547—
2018#542574—
2017#463679—
2016#443725—
2015#421765—
2014#419766—
2013#350916—
2012#2991,063—
2011#2351,339—
2010#1831,692#8,1399
2009#1512,075#9,8647
2008#1462,355—
2007#1202,826#10,9216
2006#1232,784#9,5857
2005#1262,542—
2004#1202,826#5,81313
2003#1143,059—
2002#1023,262#6,08811
2001#1013,236—
2000#833,754#9,1126
1999#823,839—
1998#794,153#7,5607
1997#724,476#7,2817
1996#724,735#5,53510
1995#744,612#4,79112
1994#685,000#3,32620
1993#714,880#4,22714
1992#794,350#5,23610
1991#953,689#4,47612
1990#1093,067#4,67311
1989#1262,353#3,20518
1988#1581,802#5,2008
1987#1901,450—
1986#2351,106—
1985#307788#5,1477
1984#292816#5,5616
1983#335688—
1982#341704—
1981#394572—
1980#381602—
1979#420500—
1978#504377—
1977#514362—
1976#736200—
1975#785179—
1974#1,013118—
1973#980121—
1972#1,16992—
1971#1,16499—
1970#1,47468—
1969#1,37070—
1968#1,67848—
1967#2,07932—
1966#3,40014—
1965#2,15430—
1964#3,24416—
1963#2,54323—
1962#2,21029—
1961#2,60822—
1960#3,35714—
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1958#3,92510—
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First appearance
1950

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 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #139 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 505 girlsAKMaine: #110 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 484 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Briana, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #97 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 431 girlsNHWashington: #131 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 702 girlsWAIdaho: #117 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 514 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Briana, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #118 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 536 girlsNDMinnesota: #89 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 416 girlsMNIllinois: #145 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 789 girlsILWisconsin: #153 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 862 girlsWIMichigan: #114 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 604 girlsMINew York: #161 for girls · 128 births · 1 in 928 girlsNYMassachusetts: #143 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 802 girlsMARhode Island: #84 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 357 girlsRIOregon: #135 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 669 girlsORNevada: #107 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 473 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Briana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #125 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 524 girlsSDIowa: #193 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,133 girlsIAIndiana: #110 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 582 girlsINOhio: #131 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 776 girlsOHPennsylvania: #105 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 575 girlsPANew Jersey: #112 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 640 girlsNJConnecticut: #124 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 617 girlsCTCalifornia: #104 for girls · 470 births · 1 in 519 girlsCAUtah: #202 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 960 girlsUTColorado: #101 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 479 girlsCONebraska: #259 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,520 girlsNEMissouri: #172 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 957 girlsMOKentucky: #214 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,330 girlsKYWest Virginia: #85 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 400 girlsWVVirginia: #212 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,325 girlsVAMaryland: #232 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,539 girlsMDDelaware: #150 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 738 girlsDEArizona: #81 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 348 girlsAZNew Mexico: #92 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 398 girlsNMKansas: #140 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 673 girlsKSArkansas: #163 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 892 girlsARTennessee: #268 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,752 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #163 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 992 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #170 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 900 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #100 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 307 girlsDCOklahoma: #152 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 750 girlsOKLouisiana: #153 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 888 girlsLAMississippi: #214 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,053 girlsMSAlabama: #172 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 986 girlsALGeorgia: #94 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 530 girlsGAHawaii: #75 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 316 girlsHITexas: #137 for girls · 176 births · 1 in 758 girlsTXFlorida: #150 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 828 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#75 · 1 in 316
  2. Arizona#81 · 1 in 348
  3. Rhode Island#84 · 1 in 357
  4. West Virginia#85 · 1 in 400
  5. Minnesota#89 · 1 in 416

Best ever in a state: #16 in District of Columbia, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#75161 in 316
Arizona#81731 in 348
Rhode Island#84151 in 357
West Virginia#85221 in 400
Minnesota#89681 in 416
New Mexico#92231 in 398
Georgia#94791 in 530
New Hampshire#97161 in 431
District of Columbia#10051 in 307
Colorado#101431 in 479
California#1044701 in 519
Pennsylvania#1051251 in 575
Nevada#107131 in 473
Indiana#110591 in 582
Maine#110131 in 484
New Jersey#112751 in 640
Michigan#1141001 in 604
Idaho#117101 in 514
North Dakota#11871 in 536
Connecticut#124311 in 617
South Dakota#12571 in 524
Ohio#131901 in 776
Washington#131421 in 702
Oregon#135241 in 669
Texas#1371761 in 758
Alaska#13971 in 505
Kansas#140211 in 673
Massachusetts#143481 in 802
Illinois#145981 in 789
Delaware#15051 in 738
Florida#150931 in 828
Oklahoma#152231 in 750
Louisiana#153291 in 888
Wisconsin#153341 in 862
New York#1611281 in 928
Arkansas#163141 in 892
North Carolina#163411 in 992
South Carolina#170221 in 900
Alabama#172231 in 986
Missouri#172341 in 957
Iowa#193141 in 1,133
Utah#202141 in 960
Virginia#212281 in 1,325
Kentucky#214161 in 1,330
Mississippi#214131 in 1,053
Maryland#232181 in 1,539
Nebraska#25961 in 1,520
Tennessee#268171 in 1,752
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1950
  • Peaked 1994 at #68 (5,000 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1991–2000
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1975–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 357
  • Highest: 1 in 357 girls born in 1994 were named Briana (0.28%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,729 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 44.1% of all girls named Briana (42,801) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s72#2,926 (1957)#4,232
1960s298#1,370 (1969)#2,464
1970s2,116#420 (1979)#876
1980s10,881#126 (1989)#276
1990s42,801#68 (1994)#80
2000s28,719#83 (2000)#119
2010s9,066#183 (2010)#391
2020s3,167#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 1989

girls
#126
2,353 births · 1 in 783 girls
boys
#3,205
18 births · 1 in 111,163 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #126Briana2,353

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #3,205Briana18
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 783 of them was named Briana, which outranked 99.1% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Briana
  1. #123Alisha2,437
  2. #124Paige2,392
  3. #125Haley2,362
  4. #126Briana2,353
  5. #127Desiree2,348
  6. #128Nancy2,342
  7. #129Sandra2,327
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 111,163 of them was named Briana, which outranked 65.3% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Briana
  1. #3,094Valente19
  2. #3,094Zackariah19
  3. #3,094Zebadiah19
  4. #3,205Briana18
  5. #3,205Abdulrahman18
  6. #3,205Alaric18
  7. #3,205Alastair18
  8. #3,325Adarius17
  9. #3,325Ahren17
  10. #3,325Alonza17

Tied with 119 names at #3,205; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989 →