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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #82 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 305 girlsAKMaine: #127 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 501 girlsMEVermont: #91 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 313 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #100 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 404 girlsNHWashington: #93 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 418 girlsWAIdaho: #122 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 493 girlsIDMontana: #99 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 347 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #113 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 422 girlsNDMinnesota: #120 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 539 girlsMNIllinois: #101 for girls · 165 births · 1 in 470 girlsILWisconsin: #107 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 499 girlsWIMichigan: #96 for girls · 136 births · 1 in 444 girlsMINew York: #107 for girls · 222 births · 1 in 536 girlsNYMassachusetts: #91 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 390 girlsMARhode Island: #57 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 211 girlsRIOregon: #109 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 456 girlsORNevada: #90 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 374 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Briana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #146 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 597 girlsSDIowa: #158 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 816 girlsIAIndiana: #100 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 490 girlsINOhio: #104 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 509 girlsOHPennsylvania: #92 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 399 girlsPANew Jersey: #76 for girls · 140 births · 1 in 333 girlsNJConnecticut: #111 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 530 girlsCTCalifornia: #92 for girls · 592 births · 1 in 442 girlsCAUtah: #141 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 633 girlsUTColorado: #68 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 285 girlsCONebraska: #135 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 592 girlsNEMissouri: #113 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 550 girlsMOKentucky: #124 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 613 girlsKYWest Virginia: #114 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 516 girlsWVVirginia: #107 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 505 girlsVAMaryland: #105 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 493 girlsMDDelaware: #111 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 467 girlsDEArizona: #57 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 272 girlsAZNew Mexico: #88 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 361 girlsNMKansas: #87 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 343 girlsKSArkansas: #91 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 376 girlsARTennessee: #97 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 454 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #90 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 453 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #84 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 385 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #46 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 195 girlsDCOklahoma: #114 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 517 girlsOKLouisiana: #106 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 522 girlsLAMississippi: #91 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 421 girlsMSAlabama: #82 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 394 girlsALGeorgia: #68 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 320 girlsGAHawaii: #105 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 388 girlsHITexas: #100 for girls · 293 births · 1 in 466 girlsTXFlorida: #91 for girls · 162 births · 1 in 471 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#46 · 1 in 195
  2. Rhode Island#57 · 1 in 211
  3. Arizona#57 · 1 in 272
  4. Colorado#68 · 1 in 285
  5. Georgia#68 · 1 in 320

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#46301 in 195
Arizona#57951 in 272
Rhode Island#57251 in 211
Colorado#68731 in 285
Georgia#681311 in 320
New Jersey#761401 in 333
Alabama#82561 in 394
Alaska#82111 in 305
South Carolina#84501 in 385
Kansas#87391 in 343
New Mexico#88261 in 361
Nevada#90191 in 374
North Carolina#90881 in 453
Arkansas#91321 in 376
Florida#911621 in 471
Massachusetts#91931 in 390
Mississippi#91321 in 421
Vermont#9181 in 313
California#925921 in 442
Pennsylvania#921781 in 399
Washington#93741 in 418
Michigan#961361 in 444
Tennessee#97671 in 454
Montana#99101 in 347
Indiana#100711 in 490
New Hampshire#100151 in 404
Texas#1002931 in 466
Illinois#1011651 in 470
Ohio#1041381 in 509
Hawaii#105131 in 388
Maryland#105561 in 493
Louisiana#106481 in 522
New York#1072221 in 536
Virginia#107731 in 505
Wisconsin#107571 in 499
Oregon#109371 in 456
Connecticut#111351 in 530
Delaware#11181 in 467
Missouri#113591 in 550
North Dakota#11381 in 422
Oklahoma#114331 in 517
West Virginia#114171 in 516
Minnesota#120511 in 539
Idaho#122111 in 493
Kentucky#124351 in 613
Maine#127121 in 501
Nebraska#135151 in 592
Utah#141211 in 633
South Dakota#14661 in 597
Iowa#158191 in 816
Wyoming———

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 1991

girls
#95
3,689 births · 1 in 508 girls
boys
#4,476
12 births · 1 in 168,361 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #95Briana3,689

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #4,476Briana12
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 508 of them was named Briana, which outranked 99.4% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Briana
  1. #92Abigail3,799
  2. #93Cynthia3,707
  3. #94Meghan3,704
  4. #95Briana3,689
  5. #96Melanie3,580
  6. #97Gabrielle3,578
  7. #98Julie3,571
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 168,361 of them was named Briana, which outranked 53.6% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Briana
  1. #4,231Zaccheus13
  2. #4,231Zakee13
  3. #4,231Zebulun13
  4. #4,476Briana12
  5. #4,476Aarin12
  6. #4,476Abelino12
  7. #4,476Abhishek12
  8. #4,760Aaryn11
  9. #4,760Abdulla11
  10. #4,760Able11

Tied with 283 names at #4,476; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →