Brianna

Where Brianna comes from

The dictionaries list Brianna as a given name — a female given name, variant of Briana — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1963
    First appearance
    #4,896 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1991
    Brianna Rollins-McNeal born
    American track and field athlete
  3. 1996
    Brianna Hildebrand born
    American actress (born 1996 or 1997)
  4. 1999
    Peak, #14
    12,419 babies named Brianna — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #45.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Briana.
Namesakes
  • Brianna Hildebrand · American actress (born 1996 or 1997), born 1996
  • Brianna Rollins-McNeal · American track and field athlete, born 1991
  • Brianna Throssell · Australian swimmer, born 1996
  • Brianna Brown · American actress, born 1979
  • Brianna Decker · American women's ice hockey player, born 1991

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.