Girls' name · since 2000
Brinly
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 222 babies named Brinly, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,734 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 222
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brinly sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 222 recorded since 2000.
Brinly has 222 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2024.
- #18,734 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 222 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brinly ranks #18,734 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 222 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,734 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 222
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brinly's 222 recorded births place it above 74.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brinly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brinly's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2020, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brinly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2024
- Peak year (2006)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Brinly by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (117 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Brinly's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Brinly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
117 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 117 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Brinly's decade-level peak was the 2000s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 16 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Brinly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2000–2024 (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 Brinly 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.