NameTides

Brianna

Brianna was the #222 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,372 babies), and #531 in England & Wales and #316 in Canada.

Brianna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Brianna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSScotlandCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Brianna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#222 (1,372)#531 (75)#242 (15)#161 (11)#352 (11)#316 (100)—
2024#181 (1,677)#539 (72)#315 (11)#253 (6)#556 (6)#295 (103)—
2023#152 (1,885)#421 (97)#304 (12)#209 (8)#404 (9)#265 (111)—
2022#171 (1,709)#419 (101)#324 (10)#266 (6)#458 (8)#256 (117)—
2021#184 (1,601)#431 (101)#245 (16)#298 (5)#336 (12)#211 (144)—
2020#145 (1,878)#372 (118)#399 (8)#246 (6)#336 (12)#163 (167)—
2019#147 (1,937)#519 (78)#267 (14)#424 (3)#421 (9)#186 (153)—
2018#132 (2,244)#494 (87)#680 (4)#238 (7)#267 (17)#200 (151)—
2017#123 (2,522)#533 (81)#289 (13)#355 (4)#324 (13)#239 (131)—
2016#97 (3,098)#615 (69)#502 (6)#353 (4)#390 (11)#217 (147)—
2015#82 (3,475)#525 (82)#653 (4)#358 (4)#316 (15)#172 (180)—
2014#85 (3,616)#570 (74)#537 (6)#439 (3)#274 (18)#156 (203)—
2013#71 (3,915)#608 (67)#449 (7)#255 (7)#357 (13)#144 (212)—
2012#51 (4,646)#493 (89)#525 (6)#172 (11)#295 (17)#110 (274)—
2011#45 (5,183)#427 (101)#334 (11)#180 (11)#266 (19)#108 (271)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #15.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1963.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Brianna is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 840 to 1 in 1,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Brianna by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #310WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #255WAIdaho: #308IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #422MNIllinois: #262ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #205NYMassachusetts: #127MAOregon: #396ORNevada: #165NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #226IAIndiana: #292INOhio: #347OHPennsylvania: #303PANew Jersey: #126NJConnecticut: #175CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #210CAUtah: #330UTColorado: #191CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #299MOKentucky: #275KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #169VAMaryland: #130MDDelaware: #115DEArizona: #306AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #256KSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #250TNNorth Carolina: #195NCSouth Carolina: #294SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: #195LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #318ALGeorgia: #219GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #179TXFlorida: #135FL
Brianna (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#19729
Ontario2024#37234

Brianna (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
BriannaCanadaGirls#316100
BriannaEngland & WalesGirls#53175
BriannaIrelandGirls#35211
BriannaNorthern IrelandGirls#16111
BriannaNSWGirls—too few
BriannaScotlandGirls#24215
BriannaUSGirls#2221,372
BriannaUSBoys—too few