Girls' name · since 1982
Briah
794 babies named Briah in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,782 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,519 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 794
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
794 babies have been named Briah since 1982, making it today's #8519 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briah has been recorded 794 times among girls since 1982, currently ranked #8519 nationally and more common than 51% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #8,782 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,519 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 794 born since 1982
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briah ranks #8,782 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,519 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 794 born since 1982, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,782 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,519 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 794
- born since 1982
- 2000s
- peak decade
Briah's 794 recorded births place it above 87.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Briah compares
794 Top 36% higher than 64% of 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
Briah's all-time total is 111% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Briah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 794 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 35 | 21 | 19,840 |
Briah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Briah splits its recorded history at 2007: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 35 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Briah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Briah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (244 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Briah's strongest decade.
244 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Briah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
225 births
- 2000s
2000s
244 births
- 2010s
2010s
229 births
- 2020s 83
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 244 births (31% of all-time use).
How Briah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Briah's total volume
Briah by state
Where Briah concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
5 of 794 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Briah's data
- Briah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (244 total births) through the 2020s (83) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Briahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Briah
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Briah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Briah 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.