Girls' name · since 2005
Brielynn
232 babies named Brielynn in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,158 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 232
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Brielynn is the #14158 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 232 recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Brielynn recorded 232 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #14158 nationally today, ahead of 18% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #18,302 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,158 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 232 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brielynn ranks #18,302 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,158 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 232 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,158 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 232
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brielynn's 232 recorded births place it above 74.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Brielynn compares
232 40th percentile among 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
Brielynn's all-time total is 38% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brielynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 232 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brielynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brielynn's full recorded timeline at 2016, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brielynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Brielynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (148 births, 64% of the file).
2010s was Brielynn's strongest decade.
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Brielynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
148 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 148 births (64% of all-time use).
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What to do with Brielynn's data
- Brielynn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (148 total births) through the 2020s (65) -- 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 Brielynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Brielynn 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.