Briar
- #400 for girls in 2025, 778 births
- #686 for boys in 2025, 397 births
- Given to girls 52.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 778 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,002since 1972
Briar over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #400 | 778 | #686 | 397 |
| 2024 | #522 | 589 | #698 | 387 |
| 2023 | #549 | 550 | #671 | 405 |
| 2022 | #534 | 579 | #741 | 347 |
| 2021 | #516 | 597 | #714 | 364 |
| 2020 | #567 | 519 | #756 | 318 |
| 2019 | #578 | 529 | #775 | 302 |
| 2018 | #687 | 422 | #809 | 278 |
| 2017 | #722 | 397 | #882 | 244 |
| 2016 | #801 | 355 | #1,006 | 203 |
| 2015 | #835 | 336 | #1,006 | 203 |
| 2014 | #1,436 | 158 | #1,008 | 203 |
| 2013 | #1,866 | 108 | #1,128 | 161 |
| 2012 | #1,859 | 108 | #1,030 | 189 |
| 2011 | #1,909 | 104 | #1,082 | 172 |
| 2010 | #2,589 | 70 | #1,105 | 173 |
| 2009 | #2,568 | 72 | #1,272 | 138 |
| 2008 | #3,267 | 51 | #1,175 | 152 |
| 2007 | #2,541 | 73 | #1,263 | 139 |
| 2006 | #3,136 | 53 | #1,265 | 132 |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 | #1,302 | 117 |
| 2004 | #3,819 | 37 | #1,216 | 125 |
| 2003 | #3,347 | 43 | #1,141 | 132 |
| 2002 | #3,810 | 34 | #1,315 | 101 |
| 2001 | #3,486 | 38 | #1,242 | 107 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 | #1,282 | 101 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | #1,593 | 68 |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | #1,719 | 59 |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 | #1,480 | 72 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 | #1,314 | 83 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | #1,107 | 105 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | #1,296 | 81 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | #1,638 | 54 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #1,510 | 59 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #1,147 | 92 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #1,809 | 43 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | — | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | — | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1972
The first year at least five girls were named Briar! It came in at #8,292, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Briar 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
- South Dakota#73 · 1 in 254
- North Dakota#101 · 1 in 300
- Iowa#106 · 1 in 406
- New Hampshire#121 · 1 in 380
- Montana#168 · 1 in 471
Best ever in a state: #50 in North Dakota, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #73 | 12 | 1 in 254 |
| North Dakota | #101 | 9 | 1 in 300 |
| Iowa | #106 | 29 | 1 in 406 |
| New Hampshire | #121 | 10 | 1 in 380 |
| Montana | #168 | 6 | 1 in 471 |
| Nebraska | #169 | 13 | 1 in 546 |
| Kansas | #172 | 19 | 1 in 621 |
| Idaho | #193 | 11 | 1 in 651 |
| Oklahoma | #196 | 20 | 1 in 739 |
| Utah | #197 | 23 | 1 in 742 |
| Wisconsin | #220 | 25 | 1 in 810 |
| Minnesota | #221 | 25 | 1 in 859 |
| West Virginia | #230 | 7 | 1 in 725 |
| Arkansas | #231 | 13 | 1 in 815 |
| Missouri | #238 | 26 | 1 in 935 |
| Indiana | #258 | 27 | 1 in 1,034 |
| Virginia | #288 | 29 | 1 in 1,163 |
| Oregon | #298 | 12 | 1 in 1,088 |
| Michigan | #306 | 29 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Tennessee | #335 | 24 | 1 in 1,336 |
| Louisiana | #342 | 13 | 1 in 1,259 |
| Ohio | #347 | 32 | 1 in 1,477 |
| Washington | #356 | 20 | 1 in 1,443 |
| Illinois | #384 | 27 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Texas | #415 | 81 | 1 in 1,982 |
| Pennsylvania | #428 | 25 | 1 in 1,868 |
| Kentucky | #443 | 9 | 1 in 1,917 |
| South Carolina | #467 | 10 | 1 in 1,829 |
| Mississippi | #514 | 5 | 1 in 1,780 |
| Georgia | #529 | 21 | 1 in 2,153 |
| North Carolina | #534 | 20 | 1 in 2,324 |
| Colorado | #536 | 10 | 1 in 2,333 |
| Connecticut | #540 | 5 | 1 in 2,301 |
| Arizona | #632 | 10 | 1 in 2,822 |
| Florida | #651 | 26 | 1 in 3,337 |
| Massachusetts | #682 | 7 | 1 in 3,433 |
| New Jersey | #774 | 9 | 1 in 3,944 |
| New York | #790 | 20 | 1 in 3,916 |
| Alabama | #819 | 5 | 1 in 3,664 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| California | #997 | 27 | 1 in 5,990 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| 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 Briar
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 167 spots since 2020 (#567 → #400)
- Biggest jump: 601 spots in 2015
- Biggest drop: 18 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2025 at #400 (778 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,066
- Highest: 1 in 2,066 girls born in 2025 were named Briar (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 51.6% of all girls named Briar (3,612) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2015
- Mostly boys until 2014, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 50 | #6,611 (1976) | #7,954 |
| 1980s | 75 | #5,539 (1984) | #7,999 |
| 1990s | 212 | #3,730 (1998) | #5,216 |
| 2000s | 466 | #2,541 (2007) | #3,413 |
| 2010s | 2,587 | #578 (2019) | #1,328 |
| 2020s | 3,612 | #400 (2025) | #515 |
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.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Briar ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: