girls' name ★ peaked 2000

Brianna

Meaning A female given name, variant of Briana Gender Girl Rank 2025 #222 Trend ↓ Falling 16%

A female given name, variant of Briana.

Rank 2025
#222
among girls · ↓41 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,372
named Brianna · -18% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,171
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2000
12,898 babies
All-time total
265,237
#153 all-time among girls
First recorded
1963
in Social Security records

Brianna popularity over time

265,237 babies have been named Brianna since 1963, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
1.883.755.637.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s 82 – 82 8 – #3,211
1970s 1,639 – 1,639 164 +1899% #329
1980s 17,133 39 17,172 1,717 +948% #77
1990s 99,108 161 99,269 9,927 +478% #14
2000s 99,798 180 99,978 9,998 +1% #15
2010s 36,917 48 36,965 3,697 -63% #30
2020s (to 2025) 10,122 10 10,132 1,689 -54% #145

Where Brianna is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,324 0.82 #234
2027 1,285 0.80 #242
2028 1,253 0.78 #248
2029 1,226 0.76 #250
2030 1,203 0.75 #256

Where Brianna is most popular

Girls named Brianna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.02 per 1,000. Strongest in Maryland, New Jersey, and Florida.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Brianna born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Maryland 263 2.48 +144%
New Jersey 390 2.16 +113%
Florida 837 1.96 +93%
Connecticut 101 1.74 +71%
Virginia 287 1.68 +66%
Rhode Island 21 1.68 +65%
Massachusetts 195 1.61 +59%
Nevada 70 1.51 +48%
New York 586 1.48 +46%
District of Columbia 17 1.43 +41%
Texas 1,115 1.39 +36%
North Carolina 298 1.31 +29%
Louisiana 112 1.28 +26%
California 1,069 1.27 +25%
Iowa 74 1.27 +25%
New Mexico 30 1.23 +21%
Tennessee 190 1.20 +18%
Georgia 269 1.18 +17%
South Carolina 106 1.18 +16%
Wyoming 5 1.17 +15%
Oklahoma 86 1.17 +15%
Delaware 12 1.06 ≈ national
Arizona 145 1.03 ≈ national
Kentucky 85 0.994 ≈ national
Alabama 91 0.969 -5%
Arkansas 51 0.965 -5%
Pennsylvania 228 0.964 -5%
Illinois 219 0.957 -6%
Indiana 133 0.947 -7%
Colorado 105 0.941 -7%
Wisconsin 94 0.913 -10%
Washington 131 0.907 -11%
Kansas 52 0.901 -11%
Nebraska 31 0.862 -15%
South Dakota 12 0.841 -17%
Mississippi 39 0.834 -18%
Oregon 51 0.783 -23%
Ohio 185 0.780 -23%
Missouri 91 0.755 -26%
Minnesota 80 0.741 -27%
Utah 55 0.661 -35%
Idaho 17 0.508 -50%
Michigan 84 0.461 -55%
Hawaii 5 0.436 -57%
Alaska – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Brianna

Brianna is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #222 in 2025 with 1,372 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1963, 265,237 American babies have been named Brianna. Its peak came in 2000, when 12,898 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Brianna stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Brianna?

The median living Brianna is about 24 years old; half are between 18 and 30. An estimated 262 thousand people named Brianna are alive in the United States today.

median 24 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Brianna year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 1,372 #222 – –
2024 1,677 #181 5 #12,621
2023 1,885 #152 – –
2022 1,709 #171 5 #12,636
2021 1,601 #184 – –
2020 1,878 #145 – –
2019 1,937 #147 – –
2018 2,244 #132 5 #12,450
2017 2,522 #123 5 #12,560
2016 3,098 #97 – –
2015 3,475 #82 6 #10,873
2014 3,616 #85 – –
2013 3,915 #71 9 #8,204
2012 4,646 #51 9 #8,246
2011 5,183 #45 7 #9,754
2010 6,281 #30 7 #9,837
2009 7,357 #24 8 #9,095
2008 8,278 #23 14 #6,110
2007 8,855 #22 9 #8,271
2006 9,370 #20 13 #6,148
2005 9,370 #20 12 #6,277
2004 9,804 #17 53 #2,195
2003 10,584 #17 22 #3,850
2002 11,524 #17 11 #6,143
2001 11,776 #18 20 #3,986
2000 12,880 #15 18 #4,229
1995 11,881 #21 20 #3,319
1990 5,680 #61 9 #5,430
1985 1,420 #190 – –
1980 708 #341 – –
1975 78 #1,366 – –
1970 31 #2,400 – –
1965 9 #4,526 – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Brianna

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Brianna Hildebrand Brianna Hildebrand American actress (born 1996) Contemporary
  2. 2 Brianna Rollins-McNeal Brianna Rollins-McNeal American track and field athlete b. 1991 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Brianna, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Brianna?

The median living Brianna is about 24 years old. Half of all living Briannas are between 18 and 30 years old.

How many people named Brianna are alive today?

An estimated 262 thousand people named Brianna are alive in the United States, based on 265,237 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Brianna mean?

A female given name, variant of Briana.

How popular is the name Brianna in 2025?

Brianna ranked #222 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,372 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Brianna?

265,237 babies have been named Brianna in the United States since 1963, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Brianna most popular?

Brianna peaked in 2000, when 12,898 newborns received the name.

Is Brianna a boy or girl name?

Brianna is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Brianna rising or falling?

Brianna is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Brianna become more popular?

Brianna is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,203 girls named Brianna in 2030, which would rank around #256. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Brianna?

Well-known people named Brianna include Brianna Hildebrand (actor), Brianna Rollins-McNeal (athlete).

Names like Brianna

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