Girls' name · since 1979
Brianda
1,968 babies named Brianda in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,749 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,027 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,968
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brianda currently ranks #9027 among girls' names in America, with 1,968 babies recorded since 1979.
Brianda has 1,968 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9027 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #4,749 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,027 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,968 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brianda ranks #4,749 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,027 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,968 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,749 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,027 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,968
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brianda's 1,968 recorded births place it above 93.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Brianda compares
1,968 Top 23% higher than 77% 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
Brianda's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brianda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,968 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 265 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brianda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brianda's full recorded timeline at 2005, 27% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 73% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 265 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brianda popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 265
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Brianda popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1990 (Brianda as boys' name)
Brianda by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,082 births, 55% of the file).
1990s was Brianda's strongest decade.
1,082 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Brianda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 37
1980s
37 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,082 births
- 2000s
2000s
521 births
- 2010s 219
2010s
219 births
- 2020s 98
2020s
98 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,082 births (55% of all-time use).
How Brianda 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 Brianda's total volume
Brianda by state
Where Brianda concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 671 | 34.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 465 | 23.6% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 184 | 9.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 14 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 11 | 0.6% |
671 of 1,968 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Brianda's data
- Brianda's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,082 total births); usage has since declined to 98 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Briandas (671 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
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brianda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Brianda 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.