Girls' name · since 1987
Brinley
13,490 babies named Brinley in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,385 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #609 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,490
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brinley currently ranks #609 among girls' names in America, with 13,490 babies recorded since 1987.
Social Security Administration records show Brinley recorded 13,490 times among girls since 1987, holding rank #609 nationally today, ahead of 96% 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 1987 to 2025.
- #1,385 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #609 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,490 born since 1987
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brinley ranks #1,385 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #609 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,490 born since 1987, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,385 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #609 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,490
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brinley's 13,490 recorded births place it above 98.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Brinley compares
13,490 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Brinley's all-time total is 36x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brinley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,490 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,000 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brinley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brinley splits its recorded history at 2007: 91% of all births land in the more recent half, 9% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 1,000 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brinley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 1,000
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Brinley popularity over time - boys
151 total births recorded since 1997 (Brinley as boys' name)
Brinley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (7,431 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Brinley's strongest decade.
7,431 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Brinley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 210
1990s
210 births
- 2000s 1,843
2000s
1,843 births
- 2010s
2010s
7,431 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,993 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 7,431 births (55% of all-time use).
How Brinley 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 Brinley's total volume
Brinley by state
Where Brinley concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,099 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Utah | | 860 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 632 | 4.7% |
| #4 | California | | 567 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 552 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 492 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Florida | | 480 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 450 | 3.3% |
1,099 of 13,490 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Brinley appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Brinley's data
- Brinley's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (7,431 total births) through the 2020s (3,993) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Brinleys (1,099 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brinley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
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 Brinley 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.