Girls' name · since 1989
Briani
216 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.
- #19,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,714 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 216
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
216 babies have been named Briani since 1989, making it today's #13714 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briani has been recorded 216 times among girls since 1989, currently ranked #13714 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #19,007 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,714 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 216 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briani ranks #19,007 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,714 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 216 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,714 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 216
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Briani's 216 recorded births place it above 73.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Briani compares
216 38th 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
Briani's all-time total is 43% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Briani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 216 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Briani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Briani's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Briani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Briani by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (67 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Briani's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Briani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 67 births (31% 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 | 2.3% |
5 of 216 births nationwide.
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What to do with Briani's data
- Briani's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (67 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Brianis (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Briani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Briani 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.