Brien was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).
Brien as a boy’s name
US
Ireland
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
Ireland
2025
#9,714 (7)
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2024
#10,938 (6)
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2021
#12,146 (5)
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2020
#9,554 (7)
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2018
#7,136 (11)
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2017
#6,685 (12)
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2016
#9,664 (7)
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2015
#8,040 (9)
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2014
#10,717 (6)
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2013
#6,241 (13)
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2012
#6,306 (13)
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2011
#8,079 (9)
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2010
#6,698 (12)
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2009
#6,436 (13)
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2008
#7,187 (11)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1969 at #782.
Holding steady over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1925.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys 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.