Briana

Briana was the #661 girls' name in the US in 2025 (431 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Briana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Briana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Briana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#661 (431)#2,440 (11)—#259 (6)—#1,495 (16)
2024#536 (565)#1,895 (15)——#898 (3)#1,032 (26)
2023#470 (655)#1,206 (27)—#391 (3)—#1,678 (13)
2022#538 (572)#1,326 (24)———#1,056 (24)
2021#631 (469)#2,073 (13)#558 (5)——#1,229 (20)
2020#614 (475)#2,449 (10)—#397 (3)—#1,020 (25)
2019#558 (547)#2,170 (12)———#1,104 (23)
2018#542 (574)#1,649 (18)—#434 (3)—#863 (32)
2017#463 (679)#1,628 (19)———#979 (27)
2016#443 (725)#1,749 (17)———#1,109 (23)
2015#421 (765)#2,705 (9)——#660 (5)#934 (28)
2014#419 (766)#1,966 (14)———#772 (36)
2013#350 (916)#2,176 (12)———#822 (33)
2012#299 (1,063)#1,991 (14)———#999 (26)
2011#235 (1,339)#1,665 (17)———#689 (41)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1994 at #68.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1950.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Briana is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 4,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Briana by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #515ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #790NYMassachusetts: #417MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #577INOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #404NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #628CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: #269MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #634NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #581GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #581TXFlorida: #462FL
Briana (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5917

Briana (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BrianaCanadaGirls#1,49516
BrianaEngland & WalesGirls#2,44011
BrianaIrelandGirls—too few
BrianaNorthern IrelandGirls#2596
BrianaScotlandGirls—too few
BrianaUSGirls#661431
BrianaUSBoys—too few