Briana — #537 US girls' name
96,680 babies named Briana in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Briana was born in this single decade.
5,000 babies were named Briana in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Briana
The Social Security Administration has registered 96,680 babies named Briana between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Briana currently holds the #537 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 5,000 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Briana performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 42,800 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Briana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16,830 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Briana in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Briana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 96,680 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Briana at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Briana popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1950
- Peak year (1994)
- 5,000
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
Currently ranks #537 among girls.
96,680 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 5,000 births in a single year.
Briana popularity over time — boys
206 total births recorded since 1984 (Briana as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Briana accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Briana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 42,800 births that decade — 44% of Briana's all-time total
Briana decade highlights
- Peak decade 42,800 births
- Runner-up 28,716 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Briana's strongest decade
42,800 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Briana by state
Where Briana concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16,830 | 17.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10,853 | 11.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 6,826 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5,788 | 6.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 3,979 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 3,453 | 3.6% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 3,306 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 2,869 | 3.0% |
16,830 of 96,680 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 17.4% of nationwide
- Texas 11.2% of nationwide
- New York 7.1% of nationwide
- Florida 6.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Briana appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1950–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.