Briani — #8129 US girls' name
210 babies named Briani in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Briani was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Briani in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Briani
The Social Security Administration has registered 210 babies named Briani between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Briani currently holds the #8129 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Briani performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Briani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Briani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Briani 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 210 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.
Briani at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Briani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (1996)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #8129 among girls.
210 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 17 births in a single year.
Briani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 67 births that decade — 32% of Briani's all-time total
Briani decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Briani's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Briani by state
Where Briani concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 210 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1989–2024 (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.