Brianna

#222 for girls in 2025, 1,372 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1999 · 12,419 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
29 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
264,799
since 1963

Brianna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #14, 1999girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2221,372
2024#1811,677#12,3495
2023#1521,885
2022#1711,709#12,3305
2021#1841,601
2020#1451,878
2019#1471,937
2018#1322,244#12,1565
2017#1232,522#12,2465
2016#973,098
2015#823,475#10,6446
2014#853,616
2013#713,915#8,1189
2012#514,646#8,1589
2011#455,183#9,6007
2010#306,281#9,6937
2009#247,357#8,9858
2008#238,278#6,07014
2007#228,855#8,1739
2006#209,370#6,09413
2005#209,370#6,22612
2004#179,804#2,19353
2003#1710,584#3,83822
2002#1711,524#6,08811
2001#1811,776#3,97420
2000#1512,880#4,20418
1999#1412,419#3,83419
1998#1712,047#5,15912
1997#1712,008#4,66813
1996#1711,925#3,67818
1995#2111,881#3,30320
1994#2710,516#3,21521
1993#328,775#3,50118
1992#437,296#4,32713
1991#516,561#3,32518
1990#615,680#5,3829
1989#773,995#4,27112
1988#962,963#3,70513
1987#1222,287#5,4597
1986#1541,815
1985#1901,420
1984#1971,355#4,9737
1983#242972
1982#273891
1981#324727
1980#341708
1979#328713
1978#574299
1977#698223
1976#932138
1975#1,36578
1974#1,96143
1973#2,17136
1972#2,27633
1971#1,90645
1970#2,39531
1969#3,19918
1968#3,45615
1967#3,84512
1966#3,95911
1965#4,4949
1964#4,6369
1963#4,8968
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First appearance
1963

The first year at least five girls were named Brianna! It came in at #4,896, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1963–1967, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.

Where Brianna is popular in 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #27 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 125 girlsAKMaine: #17 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 99 girlsMEVermont: #22 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 86 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #15 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 75 girlsNHWashington: #30 for girls · 173 births · 1 in 165 girlsWAIdaho: #26 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 127 girlsIDMontana: #45 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 165 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #28 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 105 girlsNDMinnesota: #25 for girls · 199 births · 1 in 125 girlsMNIllinois: #20 for girls · 535 births · 1 in 136 girlsILWisconsin: #22 for girls · 231 births · 1 in 113 girlsWIMichigan: #21 for girls · 429 births · 1 in 123 girlsMINew York: #18 for girls · 894 births · 1 in 120 girlsNYMassachusetts: #22 for girls · 309 births · 1 in 107 girlsMARhode Island: #15 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 75 girlsRIOregon: #39 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 175 girlsORNevada: #25 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 128 girlsNVWyoming: #27 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 90 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #24 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 99 girlsSDIowa: #28 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 120 girlsIAIndiana: #29 for girls · 229 births · 1 in 143 girlsINOhio: #23 for girls · 468 births · 1 in 136 girlsOHPennsylvania: #16 for girls · 583 births · 1 in 107 girlsPANew Jersey: #12 for girls · 492 births · 1 in 87 girlsNJConnecticut: #17 for girls · 180 births · 1 in 91 girlsCTCalifornia: #27 for girls · 1,344 births · 1 in 175 girlsCAUtah: #47 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 203 girlsUTColorado: #15 for girls · 188 births · 1 in 108 girlsCONebraska: #23 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 111 girlsNEMissouri: #28 for girls · 212 births · 1 in 140 girlsMOKentucky: #39 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 162 girlsKYWest Virginia: #21 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 103 girlsWVVirginia: #24 for girls · 264 births · 1 in 129 girlsVAMaryland: #19 for girls · 228 births · 1 in 108 girlsMDDelaware: #22 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 94 girlsDEArizona: #13 for girls · 245 births · 1 in 111 girlsAZNew Mexico: #8 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 87 girlsNMKansas: #24 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 116 girlsKSArkansas: #20 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 105 girlsARTennessee: #26 for girls · 243 births · 1 in 121 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #22 for girls · 347 births · 1 in 110 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #17 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 92 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #11 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 84 girlsDCOklahoma: #24 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 132 girlsOKLouisiana: #25 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 142 girlsLAMississippi: #25 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 121 girlsMSAlabama: #23 for girls · 186 births · 1 in 112 girlsALGeorgia: #20 for girls · 363 births · 1 in 113 girlsGAHawaii: #32 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 147 girlsHITexas: #17 for girls · 977 births · 1 in 140 girlsTXFlorida: #21 for girls · 597 births · 1 in 122 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#8 · 1 in 87
  2. District of Columbia#11 · 1 in 84
  3. New Jersey#12 · 1 in 87
  4. Arizona#13 · 1 in 111
  5. Rhode Island#15 · 1 in 75

Best ever in a state: #4 in New Mexico, 2000.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#8981 in 87
District of Columbia#11481 in 84
New Jersey#124921 in 87
Arizona#132451 in 111
Colorado#151881 in 108
New Hampshire#15671 in 75
Rhode Island#15611 in 75
Pennsylvania#165831 in 107
Connecticut#171801 in 91
Maine#17491 in 99
South Carolina#171781 in 92
Texas#179771 in 140
New York#188941 in 120
Maryland#192281 in 108
Arkansas#201111 in 105
Georgia#203631 in 113
Illinois#205351 in 136
Florida#215971 in 122
Michigan#214291 in 123
West Virginia#21751 in 103
Delaware#22341 in 94
Massachusetts#223091 in 107
North Carolina#223471 in 110
Vermont#22231 in 86
Wisconsin#222311 in 113
Alabama#231861 in 112
Nebraska#23751 in 111
Ohio#234681 in 136
Kansas#241101 in 116
Oklahoma#241191 in 132
South Dakota#24331 in 99
Virginia#242641 in 129
Louisiana#251551 in 142
Minnesota#251991 in 125
Mississippi#251001 in 121
Nevada#25631 in 128
Idaho#26441 in 127
Tennessee#262431 in 121
Alaska#27211 in 125
California#271,3441 in 175
Wyoming#27161 in 90
Iowa#281181 in 120
Missouri#282121 in 140
North Dakota#28311 in 105
Indiana#292291 in 143
Washington#301731 in 165
Hawaii#32301 in 147
Kentucky#391211 in 162
Oregon#39931 in 175
Montana#45191 in 165
Utah#47731 in 203

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 Brianna
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 41 spots since 2024 (#181#222)
  • 77 spots since 2020 (#145#222)
  • 140 spots since 2015 (#82#222)
  • Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1976 (#1,365#932)
  • Biggest drop: 41 spots in 2025 (#181#222)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 1999 at #14 (12,419 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 29 yrs · run 1988–2016
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1976–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 141
  • Highest: 1 in 141 girls born in 2000 were named Brianna (0.71%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,171 girls born in 2025 (0.09%)
  • Its best rank, #14 in 1999, was only 1 in 143 (0.70%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 37.7% of all girls named Brianna (99,798) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s82#3,199 (1969)#4,069
1970s1,639#328 (1979)#1,461
1980s17,133#77 (1989)#202
1990s99,108#14 (1999)#30
2000s99,798#15 (2000)#19
2010s36,917#30 (2010)#86
2020s10,122#145 (2020)#176

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.

Brianna in 1995

girls
#21
11,881 births · 1 in 148 girls
boys
#3,303
20 births · 1 in 95,185 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #21Brianna11,881

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #3,303Brianna20
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 148 of them was named Brianna, which outranked 99.9% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brianna
  1. #18Jennifer12,683
  2. #19Nicole12,277
  3. #20Victoria12,252
  4. #21Brianna11,881
  5. #22Amber10,965
  6. #23Morgan10,877
  7. #24Danielle10,653
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 6,718Iridian#7,604#886
  2. 2,689Daija#3,615#926
  3. 2,119Lyric#2,752#633
  4. 1,910Daja#2,877#967
  5. 1,602Shania#2,047#445
Fallers
  1. 1,205Nohely#896#2,101
  2. 1,048Zana#802#1,850
  3. 869Kadijah#512#1,381
  4. 609Clarisa#664#1,273
  5. 514Dayana#751#1,265

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 95,185 of them was named Brianna, which outranked 68.0% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brianna
  1. #3,191Yobani21
  2. #3,191Yoseph21
  3. #3,191Zayd21
  4. #3,303Brianna20
  5. #3,303Abe20
  6. #3,303Addam20
  7. #3,303Ajani20
  8. #3,432Adonys19
  9. #3,432Alexei19
  10. #3,432Alistair19

Tied with 128 names at #3,303; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 1,703Tristin#2,307#604
  2. 1,494Raekwon#2,082#588
  3. 1,357Tristian#2,219#862
  4. 1,269Triston#1,795#526
  5. 1,186Rashaan#2,123#937
Fallers
  1. 469Shyheim#817#1,286
  2. 335Ryne#897#1,232
  3. 251Daulton#792#1,043
  4. 247Demetri#886#1,133
  5. 242Jerrell#917#1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1995