Briley

Where Briley comes from

Uncertain. Possibly a variant of Brierley.
— Wiktionary's entry for Briley
  • Vowel-ended
Briley through the years
  1. 1982
    First appearance
    #10,517 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1993
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2009
    Peak, #622
    485 babies named Briley, the most in any year.
  4. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,154.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Briley in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.