Brinley Girl
How popular is Brinley?
#608 girl name in 2025
481 baby girls were named Brinley in the US in 2025, making it the 608th most popular girl name.
Brinley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #608 for girls (▼ 44 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 481 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #408 in 2015, #362 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (1,000 girls) |
| Highest rank | #328 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1987 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brinley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brynlee family of names ranked #121 for girls in 2025 (#116 the year before), with 2,753 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brynlee | 1,282 | 47% |
| Brinley | 481 | 17% |
| Brynleigh | 338 | 12% |
| Brynley | 196 | 7% |
| Brinlee | 112 | 4% |
| Brynnlee | 121 | 4% |
| Brynnleigh | 69 | 3% |
| Brinleigh | 44 | 2% |
| Brynnley | 40 | 1% |
| Brynlie | 19 | 1% |
| Brinnley | 14 | 1% |
| Brynli | 12 | 0% |
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 Brinley is most popular
Babies named Brinley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 1.4 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- New Hampshire: 1.3 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Idaho: 1.3 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Iowa: 1.2 per 1,000 (70 girls)
- Wisconsin: 1.1 per 1,000 (113 girls)
Brinley by decade
Girl names about as popular as Brinley
Questions
- Is Brinley a boy or girl name?
- Brinley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Brinley were girls.
- How popular is the name Brinley?
- 481 baby girls were named Brinley in the US in 2025, making it the 608th most popular girl name.
- When was Brinley most popular?
- Brinley peaked in 2017, when 1,000 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #328 in 2017.
- How many people are named Brinley?
- 13,641 babies have been named Brinley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,567 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Brinley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brinley was most common in West Virginia, at 1.4 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.