NameTides

Briar

Briar was the #400 girls' name in the US in 2025 (778 babies), and #1,271 in England & Wales and #186 in Canada.

Briar as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Briar as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Briar as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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.
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YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#400 (778)#1,271 (25)#324 (10)#186 (158)
2024#522 (589)#2,575 (10)#790 (3)#271 (112)
2023#549 (550)#1,640 (18)#749 (3)#212 (132)
2022#534 (579)#1,849 (15)#531 (5)#242 (121)
2021#516 (597)#1,866 (15)#558 (5)#189 (157)
2020#567 (519)#1,352 (23)#765 (3)#322 (97)
2019#578 (529)#2,458 (10)#650 (4)#317 (100)
2018#687 (422)#1,649 (18)—#336 (100)
2017#722 (397)#1,733 (17)—#325 (101)
2016#801 (355)#2,757 (9)#798 (3)#312 (107)
2015#835 (336)#2,070 (13)—#388 (89)
2014#1,436 (158)#4,003 (5)—#510 (62)
2013#1,866 (108)#2,887 (8)—#604 (49)
2012#1,859 (108)#2,521 (10)—#695 (41)
2011#1,909 (104)#5,785 (3)—#639 (45)

Briar as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Briar as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Briar as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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
YearUSCanada
2025#686 (397)#1,015 (25)
2024#698 (387)#1,156 (20)
2023#671 (405)#1,283 (16)
2022#741 (347)#1,284 (16)
2021#714 (364)#1,230 (17)
2020#756 (318)#1,312 (15)
2019#775 (302)#1,256 (16)
2018#809 (278)#1,983 (8)
2017#882 (244)#2,010 (8)
2016#1,006 (203)#1,487 (12)
2015#1,006 (203)#1,956 (8)
2014#1,008 (203)#2,133 (7)
2013#1,128 (161)#2,086 (7)
2012#1,030 (189)#2,368 (6)
2011#1,082 (172)#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #400.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1972.
  • In 2025, 66% of US babies named Briar were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,100 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 2,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 10,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 950common
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Briar is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 2,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Briar by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #220WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #121NHWashington: #356WAIdaho: #193IDMontana: #168MTNorth Dakota: #101NDMinnesota: #221MNIllinois: #384ILMichigan: #306MINew York: #790NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: #298ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #73SDIowa: #106IAIndiana: #258INOhio: #347OHPennsylvania: #428PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #997CAUtah: #197UTColorado: #536CONebraska: #169NEMissouri: #238MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #288VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #172KSArkansas: #231ARTennessee: #335TNNorth Carolina: #534NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #196OKLouisiana: #342LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #529GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #415TXFlorida: #651FL
Briar (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
Ontario2024#27346

Briar (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
BriarCanadaGirls#186158
BriarCanadaBoys#1,01525
BriarEngland & WalesGirls#1,27125
BriarNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BriarScotlandGirls#32410
BriarUSGirls#400778
BriarUSBoys#686397