Briant

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312

Peak · boys
1966 · 17 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
967
since 1947

Briant over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Briant has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,891, 1966boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024#8,3129
2023
2022
2021#12,1465
2020
2019#10,8036
2018
2017#8,8408
2016#8,1469
2015
2014#8,7818
2013#10,7286
2012#12,2745
2011#6,25613
2010#6,03614
2009#5,55416
2008#3,92126
2007#4,64020
2006#5,07217
2005#4,63118
2004#3,45627
2003#3,28028
2002#2,63236
2001#3,97420
2000#3,92220
1999#3,98618
1998#3,48621
1997#3,16023
1996#3,83017
1995#4,05215
1994#3,75117
1993#3,66117
1992#2,83424
1991#3,63616
1990#2,43228
1989#3,09419
1988#2,25527
1987#3,52113
1986#4,4579
1985#3,80511
1984#5,5616
1983#3,23013
1982#3,69211
1981#4,5098
1980#3,83810
1979#3,56911
1978#2,47318
1977#3,8369
1976#3,09512
1975#2,63715
1974#3,8378
1973#2,71613
1972#2,41815
1971#2,68613
1970#2,05819
1969#2,30814
1968#2,31113
1967#2,24213
1966#1,89117
1965#2,08415
1964#2,8549
1963#2,20014
1962#2,03516
1961#1,99717
1960#2,42312
1959#2,8219
1958#2,26513
1957#1,95217
1956
1955#2,7649
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1950#3,3296
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five boys were named Briant! It came in at #3,370, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1948–1949, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Briant
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1966 at #1,891 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 53,931
  • Highest: 1 in 53,931 boys born in 2002 were named Briant (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 191,432 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,891 in 1966, was only 1 in 104,909 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 23.6% of all boys named Briant (228) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s6#3,370 (1947)#3,370
1950s54#1,952 (1957)#2,626
1960s140#1,891 (1966)#2,235
1970s133#2,058 (1970)#2,933
1980s127#2,255 (1988)#3,796
1990s196#2,432 (1990)#3,483
2000s228#2,632 (2002)#4,108
2010s69#6,036 (2010)#8,983
2020s14#8,312 (2024)#10,229

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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