Girls' name · since 1976
Bri
315 babies named Bri in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,498 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,626 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 315
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
315 babies have been named Bri since 1976, making it today's #9626 girls' name.
Bri has 315 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9626 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #15,498 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,626 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 315 born since 1976
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bri ranks #15,498 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,626 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 315 born since 1976, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,498 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,626 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 315
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bri's 315 recorded births place it above 78.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bri compares
315 46th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bri's all-time total is 16% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bri | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 315 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bri's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bri's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bri popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Bri by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (95 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Bri's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Bri births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 32
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
63 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 95 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Bri's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (95 total births) through the 2020s (63) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bri: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bri draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.