Brilee
#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185
Given to girls 98.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 107 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,340since 1993
Brilee over time
Rank among girls' names. Brilee has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | #6,116 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,793 | 28 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,719 | 28 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,006 | 36 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,158 | 51 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,689 | 64 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,866 | 59 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #2,646 | 67 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,412 | 75 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #2,279 | 81 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,875 | 107 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #2,124 | 90 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,360 | 80 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,316 | 84 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,663 | 69 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,750 | 66 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,734 | 41 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Brilee! It came in at #13,442, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1993–1995, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Brilee is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#510 · 1 in 2,189
- Kentucky#537 · 1 in 2,592
- Tennessee#611 · 1 in 2,987
- Utah#733 · 1 in 3,581
- Missouri#937 · 1 in 5,384
Best ever in a state: #438 in Kentucky, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #510 | 9 | 1 in 2,189 |
| Kentucky | #537 | 7 | 1 in 2,592 |
| Tennessee | #611 | 10 | 1 in 2,987 |
| Utah | #733 | 5 | 1 in 3,581 |
| Missouri | #937 | 5 | 1 in 5,384 |
| Texas | #1,476 | 15 | 1 in 10,554 |
| Illinois | #1,631 | 5 | 1 in 11,751 |
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See more about Brilee
- 1,851 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #6,116)
- 1,568 spots since 2020 (#4,548 → #6,116)
- 3,470 spots since 2015 (#2,646 → #6,116)
- Debuted 1993
- Peaked 2012 at #1,875 (107 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 16,458 girls born in 2012 were named Brilee (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 53.0% of all girls named Brilee (710) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67 | #5,424 (1999) | #9,693 |
| 2000s | 419 | #2,316 (2009) | #4,106 |
| 2010s | 710 | #1,875 (2012) | #2,642 |
| 2020s | 144 | #4,548 (2020) | #5,503 |
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.
Brilee in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 16,458 of them was named Brilee, which outranked 90.4% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,859Tahlia108
- #1,859Yael108
- #1,859Zariya108
- #1,875Brilee107
- #1,875Aleksandra107
- #1,875Brianne107
- #1,875Calli107
- #1,886Angelie106
- #1,886Ayesha106
- #1,886Brooklynne106
Tied with 10 names at #1,875; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 379,389 of them was named Brilee, which outranked 13.9% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,976 names at #12,274; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.