NameTides

Brinley

Brinley was the #608 girls' name in the US in 2025 (481 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #477 in Canada.

Brinley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Brinley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Brinley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#608 (481)#5,927 (3)#477 (64)
2024#564 (535)#5,892 (3)#503 (59)
2023#492 (622)#4,710 (4)#371 (80)
2022#449 (699)—#378 (80)
2021#394 (799)—#342 (95)
2020#362 (857)#3,117 (7)#351 (90)
2019#386 (812)#3,541 (6)#308 (102)
2018#338 (955)—#352 (93)
2017#328 (1,000)—#294 (112)
2016#339 (983)—#341 (100)
2015#408 (785)#5,730 (3)#381 (90)
2014#459 (696)—#493 (65)
2013#505 (596)—#575 (52)
2012#500 (613)—#542 (55)
2011#530 (547)—#1,081 (23)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #328.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,300 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 3,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Brinley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,700 to 1 in 3,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Brinley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #274WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: #244IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #397MNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #340MINew York: #1,235NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: #429ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #275IAIndiana: #542INOhio: #562OHPennsylvania: #428PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: #330UTColorado: #703CONebraska: #244NEMissouri: #350MOKentucky: #286KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #534NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #374OKLouisiana: #394LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #581GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #878TXFlorida: #768FL
Brinley (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#43229

Brinley (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
BrinleyCanadaGirls#47764
BrinleyEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
BrinleyEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
BrinleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BrinleyUSGirls#608481
BrinleyUSBoys—too few