Brienne — #8542 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Brienne

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,497 babies named Brienne between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brienne currently holds the #8542 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 122 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brienne performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 591 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Brienne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 68 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Brienne in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brienne 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 1,497 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.