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
- 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
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 | #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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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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nevada#36 · 1 in 166
- Minnesota#45 · 1 in 178
- Montana#51 · 1 in 176
- Wyoming#54 · 1 in 185
- New Hampshire#62 · 1 in 229
Best ever in a state: #4 in New Mexico, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #36 | 34 | 1 in 166 |
| Minnesota | #45 | 155 | 1 in 178 |
| Montana | #51 | 20 | 1 in 176 |
| Wyoming | #54 | 10 | 1 in 185 |
| New Hampshire | #62 | 29 | 1 in 229 |
| Washington | #62 | 97 | 1 in 288 |
| Arizona | #64 | 84 | 1 in 300 |
| North Dakota | #64 | 17 | 1 in 240 |
| Wisconsin | #65 | 91 | 1 in 315 |
| Maine | #71 | 23 | 1 in 267 |
| South Dakota | #74 | 13 | 1 in 286 |
| Utah | #76 | 39 | 1 in 348 |
| Colorado | #77 | 59 | 1 in 354 |
| Idaho | #77 | 16 | 1 in 327 |
| California | #78 | 569 | 1 in 401 |
| Massachusetts | #81 | 98 | 1 in 380 |
| Kansas | #89 | 33 | 1 in 434 |
| Oregon | #89 | 37 | 1 in 424 |
| Delaware | #91 | 9 | 1 in 389 |
| Indiana | #92 | 71 | 1 in 478 |
| Iowa | #92 | 36 | 1 in 435 |
| Pennsylvania | #95 | 142 | 1 in 492 |
| Rhode Island | #97 | 12 | 1 in 433 |
| New Mexico | #98 | 23 | 1 in 405 |
| Oklahoma | #106 | 33 | 1 in 527 |
| Connecticut | #108 | 34 | 1 in 551 |
| Nebraska | #108 | 18 | 1 in 503 |
| New York | #108 | 184 | 1 in 620 |
| New Jersey | #109 | 73 | 1 in 620 |
| West Virginia | #110 | 17 | 1 in 510 |
| Illinois | #112 | 123 | 1 in 599 |
| Maryland | #117 | 41 | 1 in 633 |
| Michigan | #120 | 88 | 1 in 653 |
| Hawaii | #121 | 10 | 1 in 498 |
| Alaska | #122 | 7 | 1 in 467 |
| Ohio | #135 | 88 | 1 in 780 |
| Missouri | #139 | 41 | 1 in 772 |
| Virginia | #144 | 42 | 1 in 854 |
| Arkansas | #149 | 16 | 1 in 772 |
| Texas | #151 | 153 | 1 in 839 |
| Florida | #156 | 77 | 1 in 947 |
| Alabama | #167 | 23 | 1 in 940 |
| Tennessee | #167 | 31 | 1 in 933 |
| South Carolina | #171 | 20 | 1 in 937 |
| Georgia | #173 | 40 | 1 in 1,003 |
| North Carolina | #194 | 32 | 1 in 1,198 |
| Mississippi | #204 | 13 | 1 in 1,036 |
| Kentucky | #212 | 16 | 1 in 1,279 |
| District of Columbia | #241 | 6 | 1 in 1,032 |
| Louisiana | #296 | 16 | 1 in 1,645 |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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
- 41 spots since 2024 (#181 → #222)
- 77 spots since 2020 (#145 → #222)
- 140 spots since 2015 (#82 → #222)
- Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1976 (#1,365 → #932)
- Biggest drop: 41 spots in 2025 (#181 → #222)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1999 at #14 (12,419 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 29 yrs · run 1988–2016
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1976–2025
- 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
- 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.
Brianna in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 601 of them was named Brianna, which outranked 99.3% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 147,253 of them was named Brianna, which outranked 56.4% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,523Willam14
- #3,523Yancey14
- #3,523Zacchaeus14
- #3,705Brianna13
- #3,705Aamir13
- #3,705Abdallah13
- #3,705Abrahim13
- #3,915Abrahan12
- #3,915Albaro12
- #3,915Alistair12
Tied with 209 names at #3,705; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.