Girls' name · since 1993
Briara
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 54 babies named Briara, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
54 girls have been named Briara since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Briara has 54 recorded births among girls since 1993, 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 1993 to 2008.
- #34,049 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briara ranks #34,049 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Briara's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Briara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Briara splits its recorded history at 1999: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Briara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2008
- Peak year (2004)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Briara by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (35 births, 65% of the file).
1990s was Briara's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Briara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 35 births (65% of all-time use).
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- Briara's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (35 total births) through the 2000s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Briara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1993–2008 (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 Briara 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.