Briony — girls' name
226 babies named Briony in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Briony was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Briony in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Briony
The Social Security Administration has registered 226 babies named Briony between 1977 and 2023, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Briony currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Briony performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Briony shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Briony 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 226 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.
Briony at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Briony popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1977
- Peak year (2011)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
226 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 16 births in a single year.
Briony by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 93 births that decade — 41% of Briony's all-time total
Briony decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Briony's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.