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Brianna

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~262,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#222 among girls
Births in 2025
1,372 265,237 since 1880
Typical age
24 years, median

Brianna popularity over time

Brianna rank by birth year, 1963–2025Brianna ranked #4,896 in 1963 and #222 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #14, in 1999.#100#1,000#222best #14 in 1999198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1963–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Brianna in 2000 than in any other year — 12,898 of them. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1963. It has held a top-100 place in 29 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #222, with 1,372 births that year. Over ten years the count has fallen 61%. Year on year the rank dropped by 41.

Babies named Brianna per yearPeaks at 12,898 births in 2000.12,898 in 20000198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Brianna?

About 262,000 people named Brianna are alive in the United States today. That is out of 265,237 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Brianna?

The typical living Brianna is 24 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2000s. By the site’s era rules that makes Brianna a millennial-era name.

Your Brianna

Ages of living people named BriannaHalf of living Briannas are older than 24 and half younger.median 240204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Brianna is most common

Brianna is 2.1× as common in New Jersey as it is nationally. Maryland, Rhode Island and Florida follow.

Where Brianna is used more than average5 states use the name Brianna more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 2.1× the national rateNJConnecticut: 1.7× the national rateCTRhode Island: 2.0× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 2.1× the national rateMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: 1.8× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Brianna is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 910 2.1×
Maryland 563 2.1×
Rhode Island 69 2.0×
Florida 1,841 1.8×
Connecticut 251 1.7×

Brianna in England and Wales

ONS recorded 75 births named Brianna in 2025, ranking it #531. That is 36% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Brianna

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Brianna Hildebrand American actress (born 1996 or 1997) 1996 35
Brianna Rollins-McNeal American track and field athlete 1991 24
Brianna Throssell Australian swimmer 1996 20
Brianna Brown American actress 1979 19
Brianna Decker American women's ice hockey player 1991 15
Brianna Wu American video game developer 1977 13
Brianna Stubbs British rower 1991 10
Brianna Keilar American political commentator and journalist 1980 8
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 299 in 1978 to 713 in 1979 — 2.4 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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