Brianna Girl
How popular is Brianna?
#222 girl name in 2025
1,372 baby girls were named Brianna in the US in 2025, making it the 222nd most popular girl name.
Brianna popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #222 for girls (▼ 41 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,372 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-61% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #82 in 2015, #145 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (12,880 girls) |
| Highest rank | #14 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brianna counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brianna family of names ranked #178 for girls in 2025 (#142 the year before), with 1,913 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Brianna is most popular
Babies named Brianna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 2.5 per 1,000 (263 girls)
- New Jersey: 2.2 per 1,000 (390 girls)
- Florida: 2.0 per 1,000 (837 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.7 per 1,000 (101 girls)
- Virginia: 1.7 per 1,000 (287 girls)
Brianna by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82 | #3,198 |
| 1970s | 1,639 | #328 |
| 1980s | 17,133 | #77 |
| 1990s | 99,108 | #14 |
| 2000s | 99,798 | #15 |
| 2010s | 36,917 | #30 |
| 2020s | 10,122 | #145 |
Girl names about as popular as Brianna
Questions
- Is Brianna a boy or girl name?
- Brianna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Brianna were girls.
- How popular is the name Brianna?
- 1,372 baby girls were named Brianna in the US in 2025, making it the 222nd most popular girl name.
- When was Brianna most popular?
- Brianna peaked in 2000, when 12,880 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #14 in 1999.
- How many people are named Brianna?
- 265,237 babies have been named Brianna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 261,933 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Brianna most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brianna was most common in Maryland, at 2.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.