Recorded 1993–2008 Girls' name Peak 2004 54 births

Briara — girls' name

54 babies named Briara in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s352000s19
1990s
Peak decade

65% of everyone ever named Briara was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

9 babies were named Briara in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Briara

The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Briara between 1993 and 2008, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Briara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Briara performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Briara shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Briara 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 54 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.

Briara at a glance

Last recorded 2008

Total births

54

Since 1993

16 years of records

Peak year

2004

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2008

Active since

1993

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2008

Briara popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1993

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (2004)
9
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
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Briara by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
35 births that decade — 65% of Briara's all-time total
1990s352000s19

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Briara?
54 babies have been named Briara since 1993. It was last recorded in 2008. The peak year was 2004 with 9 births.
When was Briara most popular?
Briara was most popular in the 1990s decade with 35 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Briara been used?
Briara has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 16 years of data through 2008.
What names are similar to Briara?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brittany, Brianna, Briana, Bridget, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1993–2008 (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.