Brinley
- #608 for girls in 2025, 481 births
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #7,289
- Given to girls 98.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2017 · 1,000 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,490since 1987
Brinley over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Brinley has never cracked the top 300 here.
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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 | #608 | 481 | — | |
| 2024 | #564 | 535 | — | |
| 2023 | #492 | 622 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #449 | 699 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #394 | 799 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #362 | 857 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #386 | 812 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #338 | 955 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #328 | 1,000 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #339 | 983 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #408 | 785 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #459 | 696 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #505 | 596 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #500 | 613 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #530 | 547 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #659 | 444 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #781 | 362 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,113 | 232 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #1,129 | 229 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #1,121 | 222 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,164 | 198 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,344 | 158 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #1,446 | 136 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #1,418 | 135 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,861 | 94 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #2,103 | 77 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,424 | 60 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,015 | 42 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
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| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1987
The first year at least five girls were named Brinley! It came in at #11,325, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1989, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Brinley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #208 | 5 | 1 in 565 |
| Idaho | #244 | 9 | 1 in 796 |
| Nebraska | #244 | 9 | 1 in 788 |
| Wisconsin | #274 | 19 | 1 in 1,066 |
| Iowa | #275 | 12 | 1 in 981 |
| Kentucky | #286 | 15 | 1 in 1,150 |
| West Virginia | #308 | 5 | 1 in 1,015 |
| Utah | #330 | 13 | 1 in 1,314 |
| Michigan | #340 | 26 | 1 in 1,374 |
| Missouri | #350 | 17 | 1 in 1,429 |
| Oklahoma | #374 | 11 | 1 in 1,344 |
| Arkansas | #376 | 8 | 1 in 1,324 |
| Louisiana | #394 | 11 | 1 in 1,488 |
| Minnesota | #397 | 13 | 1 in 1,652 |
| Pennsylvania | #428 | 25 | 1 in 1,868 |
| Oregon | #429 | 8 | 1 in 1,632 |
| Mississippi | #514 | 5 | 1 in 1,780 |
| North Carolina | #534 | 20 | 1 in 2,324 |
| Indiana | #542 | 12 | 1 in 2,326 |
| South Carolina | #560 | 8 | 1 in 2,286 |
| Ohio | #562 | 18 | 1 in 2,626 |
| Alabama | #574 | 8 | 1 in 2,290 |
| Georgia | #581 | 18 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Tennessee | #645 | 11 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Maryland | #651 | 7 | 1 in 2,855 |
| Illinois | #667 | 14 | 1 in 3,166 |
| Arizona | #676 | 9 | 1 in 3,135 |
| Washington | #679 | 9 | 1 in 3,207 |
| Colorado | #703 | 7 | 1 in 3,332 |
| Massachusetts | #761 | 6 | 1 in 4,005 |
| Florida | #768 | 21 | 1 in 4,132 |
| Virginia | #843 | 8 | 1 in 4,218 |
| Texas | #878 | 33 | 1 in 4,865 |
| New Jersey | #939 | 7 | 1 in 5,071 |
| New York | #1,235 | 11 | 1 in 7,121 |
| California | #1,651 | 13 | 1 in 12,440 |
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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 Brinley
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 246 spots since 2020 (#362 → #608)
- Biggest jump: 332 spots in 2009
- Biggest drop: 72 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1987
- Peaked 2017 at #328 (1,000 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,726
- Highest: 1 in 1,726 girls born in 2017 were named Brinley (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,342 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 55.1% of all girls named Brinley (7,431) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13 | #8,391 (1988) | #9,858 |
| 1990s | 210 | #2,424 (1999) | #6,201 |
| 2000s | 1,843 | #781 (2009) | #1,348 |
| 2010s | 7,431 | #328 (2017) | #445 |
| 2020s | 3,993 | #362 (2020) | #478 |
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.
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