Girls' name · since 1977
Briony
Since 1977, U.S. Social Security records show 231 babies named Briony, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,385 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 231
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
231 babies have been named Briony since 1977, making it today's #15385 girls' name.
Briony has 231 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15385 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #18,341 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,385 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 231 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briony ranks #18,341 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,385 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 231 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,385 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 231
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Briony's 231 recorded births place it above 74.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Briony compares
231 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
Briony's all-time total is 39% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Briony | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 231 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Briony's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Briony's full recorded timeline at 2010, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Briony popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Briony by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (93 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Briony's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Briony births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 93 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Briony's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2020s (33) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Briony: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Briony 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.