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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Brinley has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#69 · 1 in 254
- Iowa#140 · 1 in 561
- Utah#153 · 1 in 614
- Idaho#160 · 1 in 539
- Montana#175 · 1 in 499
Best ever in a state: #69 in South Dakota, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #69 | 12 | 1 in 254 |
| Iowa | #140 | 23 | 1 in 561 |
| Utah | #153 | 29 | 1 in 614 |
| Idaho | #160 | 12 | 1 in 539 |
| Montana | #175 | 6 | 1 in 499 |
| Kentucky | #176 | 25 | 1 in 743 |
| North Dakota | #181 | 6 | 1 in 540 |
| West Virginia | #190 | 9 | 1 in 704 |
| Wisconsin | #196 | 28 | 1 in 831 |
| Nebraska | #199 | 12 | 1 in 668 |
| Oklahoma | #224 | 19 | 1 in 886 |
| Minnesota | #236 | 25 | 1 in 979 |
| Arkansas | #240 | 13 | 1 in 909 |
| Indiana | #246 | 30 | 1 in 1,021 |
| Missouri | #281 | 23 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Nevada | #283 | 10 | 1 in 1,096 |
| Pennsylvania | #284 | 41 | 1 in 1,288 |
| Michigan | #289 | 32 | 1 in 1,318 |
| Kansas | #297 | 11 | 1 in 1,184 |
| Tennessee | #316 | 23 | 1 in 1,355 |
| Oregon | #317 | 12 | 1 in 1,269 |
| Arizona | #325 | 21 | 1 in 1,472 |
| Ohio | #357 | 31 | 1 in 1,703 |
| Illinois | #361 | 34 | 1 in 1,721 |
| North Carolina | #371 | 27 | 1 in 1,682 |
| South Carolina | #387 | 11 | 1 in 1,670 |
| Colorado | #409 | 13 | 1 in 1,800 |
| Alabama | #416 | 11 | 1 in 1,788 |
| Georgia | #423 | 24 | 1 in 2,029 |
| Louisiana | #485 | 10 | 1 in 2,129 |
| Washington | #554 | 12 | 1 in 2,612 |
| Mississippi | #562 | 5 | 1 in 2,246 |
| Maryland | #574 | 9 | 1 in 2,678 |
| Texas | #580 | 57 | 1 in 2,977 |
| Florida | #646 | 25 | 1 in 3,439 |
| New Jersey | #710 | 10 | 1 in 3,716 |
| New York | #758 | 22 | 1 in 4,151 |
| Massachusetts | #830 | 5 | 1 in 5,056 |
| Virginia | #848 | 8 | 1 in 4,685 |
| California | #1,055 | 29 | 1 in 7,081 |
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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
- 44 spots since 2024 (#564 → #608)
- 246 spots since 2020 (#362 → #608)
- 200 spots since 2015 (#408 → #608)
- Biggest jump: 332 spots in 2009 (#1,113 → #781)
- Biggest drop: 72 spots in 2024 (#492 → #564)
- Debuted 1987
- Peaked 2017 at #328 (1,000 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
- 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%)
- 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.
Brinley in 2015
Top girls' names in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
girls
1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 2,274 of them was named Brinley, which outranked 97.9% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 239,593 of them was named Brinley, which outranked 37.8% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #8,040Zyquan9
- #8,040Zyren9
- #8,744Brinley8
- #8,744Aadon8
- #8,744Aashrith8
- #8,744Aban8
- #9,568Aadhyan7
- #9,568Aadrian7
- #9,568Aamari7
Tied with 823 names at #8,744; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.