Girls' name · since 1987
Briel
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 724 babies named Briel, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #9,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,068 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 724
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Briel currently ranks #9068 among girls' names in America, with 724 babies recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briel has been recorded 724 times among girls since 1987, currently ranked #9068 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #9,316 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,068 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 724 born since 1987
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briel ranks #9,316 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,068 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 724 born since 1987, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,068 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 724
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Briel's 724 recorded births place it above 87.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Briel compares
724 Top 38% higher than 62% of 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
Briel's all-time total is 93% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Briel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 724 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 21 | 19,840 |
Briel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Briel's full recorded timeline at 2007, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 39 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Briel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Briel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (290 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Briel's strongest decade.
290 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Briel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
170 births
- 2000s
2000s
178 births
- 2010s
2010s
290 births
- 2020s 75
2020s
75 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 290 births (40% of all-time use).
How Briel 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 Briel's total volume
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What to do with Briel's data
- Briel's decade-level peak was the 2010s (290 total births); usage has since declined to 75 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Briel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Briel 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.