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 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
264,799
since 1963

Brianna over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #14, 1999girls
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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#2221,372—
2024#1811,677#12,3495
2023#1521,885—
2022#1711,709#12,3305
2021#1841,601—
2020#1451,878—
2019#1471,937—
2018#1322,244#12,1565
2017#1232,522#12,2465
2016#973,098—
2015#823,475#10,6446
2014#853,616—
2013#713,915#8,1189
2012#514,646#8,1589
2011#455,183#9,6007
2010#306,281#9,6937
2009#247,357#8,9858
2008#238,278#6,07014
2007#228,855#8,1739
2006#209,370#6,09413
2005#209,370#6,22612
2004#179,804#2,19353
2003#1710,584#3,83822
2002#1711,524#6,08811
2001#1811,776#3,97420
2000#1512,880#4,20418
1999#1412,419#3,83419
1998#1712,047#5,15912
1997#1712,008#4,66813
1996#1711,925#3,67818
1995#2111,881#3,30320
1994#2710,516#3,21521
1993#328,775#3,50118
1992#437,296#4,32713
1991#516,561#3,32518
1990#615,680#5,3829
1989#773,995#4,27112
1988#962,963#3,70513
1987#1222,287#5,4597
1986#1541,815—
1985#1901,420—
1984#1971,355#4,9737
1983#242972—
1982#273891—
1981#324727—
1980#341708—
1979#328713—
1978#574299—
1977#698223—
1976#932138—
1975#1,36578—
1974#1,96143—
1973#2,17136—
1972#2,27633—
1971#1,90645—
1970#2,39531—
1969#3,19918—
1968#3,45615—
1967#3,84512—
1966#3,95911—
1965#4,4949—
1964#4,6369—
1963#4,8968—
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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 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #33 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 139 girlsAKMaine: #19 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 112 girlsMEVermont: #44 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 146 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #22 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 106 girlsNHWashington: #37 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 220 girlsWAIdaho: #57 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 245 girlsIDMontana: #83 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 264 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #48 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 184 girlsNDMinnesota: #45 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 220 girlsMNIllinois: #18 for girls · 463 births · 1 in 150 girlsILWisconsin: #24 for girls · 185 births · 1 in 136 girlsWIMichigan: #22 for girls · 337 births · 1 in 146 girlsMINew York: #10 for girls · 838 births · 1 in 117 girlsNYMassachusetts: #33 for girls · 169 births · 1 in 179 girlsMARhode Island: #20 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 103 girlsRIOregon: #42 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 216 girlsORNevada: #20 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 146 girlsNVWyoming: #51 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 147 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #39 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 152 girlsSDIowa: #37 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 178 girlsIAIndiana: #21 for girls · 215 births · 1 in 151 girlsINOhio: #24 for girls · 386 births · 1 in 151 girlsOHPennsylvania: #20 for girls · 408 births · 1 in 139 girlsPANew Jersey: #16 for girls · 375 births · 1 in 113 girlsNJConnecticut: #15 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 98 girlsCTCalifornia: #21 for girls · 1,297 births · 1 in 175 girlsCAUtah: #66 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 322 girlsUTColorado: #42 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 225 girlsCONebraska: #28 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 154 girlsNEMissouri: #33 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 181 girlsMOKentucky: #16 for girls · 166 births · 1 in 119 girlsKYWest Virginia: #18 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 103 girlsWVVirginia: #23 for girls · 244 births · 1 in 148 girlsVAMaryland: #20 for girls · 173 births · 1 in 140 girlsMDDelaware: #17 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 89 girlsDEArizona: #15 for girls · 219 births · 1 in 154 girlsAZNew Mexico: #10 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 103 girlsNMKansas: #25 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 167 girlsKSArkansas: #15 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 118 girlsARTennessee: #19 for girls · 223 births · 1 in 136 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #17 for girls · 315 births · 1 in 138 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #15 for girls · 145 births · 1 in 117 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #42 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 169 girlsDCOklahoma: #24 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 165 girlsOKLouisiana: #17 for girls · 154 births · 1 in 135 girlsLAMississippi: #12 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 102 girlsMSAlabama: #17 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 128 girlsALGeorgia: #18 for girls · 324 births · 1 in 154 girlsGAHawaii: #16 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 110 girlsHITexas: #10 for girls · 1,186 births · 1 in 133 girlsTXFlorida: #9 for girls · 746 births · 1 in 107 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#9 · 1 in 107
  2. New Mexico#10 · 1 in 103
  3. New York#10 · 1 in 117
  4. Texas#10 · 1 in 133
  5. Mississippi#12 · 1 in 102

Best ever in a state: #4 in New Mexico, 2000.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#97461 in 107
New Mexico#10791 in 103
New York#108381 in 117
Texas#101,1861 in 133
Mississippi#121131 in 102
Arizona#152191 in 154
Arkansas#151011 in 118
Connecticut#151511 in 98
South Carolina#151451 in 117
Hawaii#16321 in 110
Kentucky#161661 in 119
New Jersey#163751 in 113
Alabama#171531 in 128
Delaware#17361 in 89
Louisiana#171541 in 135
North Carolina#173151 in 138
Georgia#183241 in 154
Illinois#184631 in 150
West Virginia#18701 in 103
Maine#19391 in 112
Tennessee#192231 in 136
Maryland#201731 in 140
Nevada#20711 in 146
Pennsylvania#204081 in 139
Rhode Island#20381 in 103
California#211,2971 in 175
Indiana#212151 in 151
Michigan#223371 in 146
New Hampshire#22431 in 106
Virginia#232441 in 148
Ohio#243861 in 151
Oklahoma#241011 in 165
Wisconsin#241851 in 136
Kansas#25821 in 167
Nebraska#28541 in 154
Alaska#33161 in 139
Massachusetts#331691 in 179
Missouri#331571 in 181
Iowa#37771 in 178
Washington#371311 in 220
South Dakota#39211 in 152
Colorado#421121 in 225
District of Columbia#42201 in 169
Oregon#42751 in 216
Vermont#44111 in 146
Minnesota#451181 in 220
North Dakota#48141 in 184
Wyoming#5181 in 147
Idaho#57261 in 245
Utah#66561 in 322
Montana#83111 in 264

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
  • 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)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s82#3,199 (1969)#4,069
1970s1,639#328 (1979)#1,461
1980s17,133#77 (1989)#202
1990s99,108#14 (1999)#30
2000s99,798#15 (2000)#19
2010s36,917#30 (2010)#86
2020s10,122#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 2003

girls
#17
10,584 births · 1 in 173 girls
boys
#3,838
22 births · 1 in 89,789 boys

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #17Brianna10,584

Top boys' names in 2003

  1. #1Jacob29,658
  2. #2Michael27,129
  3. #3Joshua25,106
  4. #4Matthew24,011
  5. #5Andrew22,162
  6. #6Joseph21,394
  7. #7Ethan21,362
  8. #8Daniel21,072
  9. #9Christopher20,753
  10. #10Anthony20,149
  11. #3,838Brianna22
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 173 of them was named Brianna, which outranked 99.9% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brianna
  1. #14Alyssa12,750
  2. #15Lauren11,051
  3. #16Kayla10,957
  4. #17Brianna10,584
  5. #18Jessica10,454
  6. #19Taylor10,314
  7. #20Sophia9,687
Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

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

boys

1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 89,789 of them was named Brianna, which outranked 69.9% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brianna
  1. #3,732Zavien23
  2. #3,732Zephyr23
  3. #3,732Ziad23
  4. #3,838Brianna22
  5. #3,838Adi22
  6. #3,838Aeron22
  7. #3,838Alexandar22
  8. #3,976Adrion21
  9. #3,976Aeneas21
  10. #3,976Albin21

Tied with 137 names at #3,838; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 790Maddox#1,372 → #582
  2. ↑ 762Jahir#1,571 → #809
  3. ↑ 519Yair#1,236 → #717
  4. ↑ 450Jamarion#1,094 → #644
  5. ↑ 413Aydan#1,154 → #741
Fallers
  1. ↓ 819Lisandro#898 → #1,717
  2. ↓ 621Shemar#970 → #1,591
  3. ↓ 362Jaheem#891 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 337Keandre#998 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 334Savion#568 → #902

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

See the top 100 for 2003 →