Rank 2025
#400
among girls · ↑122 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,175
named Briar · +20% vs 2024
How common
1 in 2,066
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
1,175 babies
All-time total
13,349
#2,075 all-time among girls
First recorded
1971
in Social Security records
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.
Where Briar is most popular
Girls named Briar per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.381 per 1,000.
Strongest in North Dakota, Montana, and South Dakota.
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 Briar 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 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 Briar
Briar is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #400 in 2025 with 778 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.
Since 1971, 13,349 American babies have been named Briar, about 52% girls and 48% boys, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 2025, when 1,175 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.
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 Briar stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.