Brianna
- #222 for girls in 2025, 1,372 births
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Given to girls 99.8% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 12,419 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 29 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 264,799since 1963
Brianna over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #222 | 1,372 | — | |
| 2024 | #181 | 1,677 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #152 | 1,885 | — | |
| 2022 | #171 | 1,709 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #184 | 1,601 | — | |
| 2020 | #145 | 1,878 | — | |
| 2019 | #147 | 1,937 | — | |
| 2018 | #132 | 2,244 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #123 | 2,522 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #97 | 3,098 | — | |
| 2015 | #82 | 3,475 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #85 | 3,616 | — | |
| 2013 | #71 | 3,915 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #51 | 4,646 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #45 | 5,183 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #30 | 6,281 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #24 | 7,357 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #23 | 8,278 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #22 | 8,855 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #20 | 9,370 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #20 | 9,370 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #17 | 9,804 | #2,193 | 53 |
| 2003 | #17 | 10,584 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #17 | 11,524 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #18 | 11,776 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #15 | 12,880 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #14 | 12,419 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #17 | 12,047 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #17 | 12,008 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #17 | 11,925 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #21 | 11,881 | #3,303 | 20 |
| 1994 | #27 | 10,516 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #32 | 8,775 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #43 | 7,296 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #51 | 6,561 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #61 | 5,680 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #77 | 3,995 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #96 | 2,963 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #122 | 2,287 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #154 | 1,815 | — | |
| 1985 | #190 | 1,420 | — | |
| 1984 | #197 | 1,355 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #242 | 972 | — | |
| 1982 | #273 | 891 | — | |
| 1981 | #324 | 727 | — | |
| 1980 | #341 | 708 | — | |
| 1979 | #328 | 713 | — | |
| 1978 | #574 | 299 | — | |
| 1977 | #698 | 223 | — | |
| 1976 | #932 | 138 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,365 | 78 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,961 | 43 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,276 | 33 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,395 | 31 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1963
The first year at least five girls were named Brianna! It came in at #4,896, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1967, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.
Where Brianna is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Delaware#115 · 1 in 322
- New Jersey#126 · 1 in 573
- Massachusetts#127 · 1 in 572
- Maryland#130 · 1 in 571
- Florida#135 · 1 in 652
Best ever in a state: #4 in New Mexico, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #115 | 7 | 1 in 322 |
| New Jersey | #126 | 62 | 1 in 573 |
| Massachusetts | #127 | 42 | 1 in 572 |
| Maryland | #130 | 35 | 1 in 571 |
| Florida | #135 | 133 | 1 in 652 |
| Nevada | #165 | 15 | 1 in 613 |
| Virginia | #169 | 48 | 1 in 703 |
| Connecticut | #175 | 18 | 1 in 639 |
| Texas | #179 | 183 | 1 in 877 |
| Colorado | #191 | 31 | 1 in 752 |
| Louisiana | #195 | 22 | 1 in 744 |
| North Carolina | #195 | 55 | 1 in 845 |
| New York | #205 | 82 | 1 in 955 |
| California | #210 | 158 | 1 in 1,024 |
| Georgia | #219 | 48 | 1 in 942 |
| Iowa | #226 | 15 | 1 in 785 |
| Tennessee | #250 | 31 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Washington | #255 | 28 | 1 in 1,031 |
| Kansas | #256 | 12 | 1 in 984 |
| Illinois | #262 | 40 | 1 in 1,108 |
| Kentucky | #275 | 16 | 1 in 1,078 |
| Indiana | #292 | 24 | 1 in 1,163 |
| South Carolina | #294 | 17 | 1 in 1,076 |
| Missouri | #299 | 20 | 1 in 1,215 |
| Pennsylvania | #303 | 36 | 1 in 1,297 |
| Arizona | #306 | 23 | 1 in 1,227 |
| Idaho | #308 | 7 | 1 in 1,023 |
| Wisconsin | #310 | 17 | 1 in 1,192 |
| Alabama | #318 | 15 | 1 in 1,221 |
| Utah | #330 | 13 | 1 in 1,314 |
| Arkansas | #335 | 9 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Ohio | #347 | 32 | 1 in 1,477 |
| Oregon | #396 | 9 | 1 in 1,450 |
| Minnesota | #422 | 12 | 1 in 1,790 |
| Oklahoma | #437 | 9 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Mississippi | #514 | 5 | 1 in 1,780 |
| Michigan | #690 | 11 | 1 in 3,248 |
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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 Brianna
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 77 spots since 2020 (#145 → #222)
- Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1976
- Biggest drop: 41 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1999 at #14 (12,419 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 29 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 29 yrs · run 1988–2016
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1976–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 141
- Highest: 1 in 141 girls born in 2000 were named Brianna (0.71%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,171 girls born in 2025 (0.09%)
- Its best rank, #14 in 1999, was only 1 in 143 (0.70%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 37.7% of all girls named Brianna (99,798) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82 | #3,199 (1969) | #4,069 |
| 1970s | 1,639 | #328 (1979) | #1,461 |
| 1980s | 17,133 | #77 (1989) | #202 |
| 1990s | 99,108 | #14 (1999) | #30 |
| 2000s | 99,798 | #15 (2000) | #19 |
| 2010s | 36,917 | #30 (2010) | #86 |
| 2020s | 10,122 | #145 (2020) | #176 |
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.
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