Girls' name · since 1978
Briann
Briann has 1,609 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,609
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
1,609 girls have been named Briann since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Briann has 1,609 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1978 to 2024.
- #5,444 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,609 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briann ranks #5,444 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,609 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,444 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,609
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Briann's 1,609 recorded births place it above 92.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Briann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Briann's full recorded timeline at 2001, 34% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 66% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 90 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Briann popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2024
- Peak year (1996)
- 90
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Briann popularity over time - boys
20 total births recorded since 1994 (Briann as boys' name)
Briann by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (720 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Briann's strongest decade.
720 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Briann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 35
1970s
35 births
- 1980s 251
1980s
251 births
- 1990s
1990s
720 births
- 2000s
2000s
418 births
- 2010s 150
2010s
150 births
- 2020s 35
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 720 births (45% of all-time use).
How Briann 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 Briann's total volume
Briann by state
Where Briann concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 114 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 91 | 5.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 26 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 24 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 18 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 6 | 0.4% |
114 of 1,609 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Briann appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Briann's data
- Briann's decade-level peak was the 1990s (720 total births); usage has since declined to 35 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Brianns (114 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Briann: 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 (~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, 1978–2024 (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 Briann 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.