Briar Boy & girl
How popular is Briar?
#400 girl name in 2025
778 baby girls were named Briar in the US in 2025, making it the 400th most popular girl name. Another 397 boys got the name (#686 for boys).
Briar popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #400 for girls (▲ 122 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 778 girls, 397 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+132% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #835 in 2015, #567 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (778 girls) |
| Highest rank | #400 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1972 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 38% boys, 62% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Briar counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Briar family of names ranked #394 for girls in 2025 (#495 the year before), with 785 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Briar | 778 | 99% |
| Brior | 7 | 1% |
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 Briar is most popular
Babies named Briar per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 3.2 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Montana: 2.9 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- South Dakota: 2.5 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Iowa: 2.1 per 1,000 (123 girls)
- Nebraska: 1.8 per 1,000 (63 girls)
Briar by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 50 | #6,609 |
| 1980s | 75 | #5,538 |
| 1990s | 212 | #3,727 |
| 2000s | 466 | #2,541 |
| 2010s | 2,587 | #578 |
| 2020s | 3,612 | #400 |
Girl names about as popular as Briar
Questions
- Is Briar a boy or girl name?
- Briar is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 38% of babies named Briar were boys and 62% were girls.
- How popular is the name Briar?
- 778 baby girls were named Briar in the US in 2025, making it the 400th most popular girl name. Another 397 boys got the name (#686 for boys).
- When was Briar most popular?
- Briar peaked in 2025, when 778 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #400 in 2025.
- How many people are named Briar?
- 13,349 babies have been named Briar in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,251 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Briar most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Briar was most common in North Dakota, at 3.2 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.