Briel — #10517 US girls' name
712 babies named Briel in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Briel was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Briel in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Briel
The Social Security Administration has registered 712 babies named Briel between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Briel currently holds the #10517 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Briel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 290 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Briel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Briel 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 712 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.
Briel at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Briel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2012)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #10517 among girls.
712 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 39 births in a single year.
Briel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 290 births that decade — 41% of Briel's all-time total
Briel decade highlights
- Peak decade 290 births
- Runner-up 178 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Briel's strongest decade
290 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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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, 1987–2024 (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.