Briona — girls' name

What the Data Says About Briona

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,683 babies named Briona between 1979 and 2018, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Briona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 122 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Briona performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 910 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Briona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Briona in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Briona 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 1,683 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.