Boys' name · since 1916
Briscoe
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 84 babies named Briscoe, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,526 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Briscoe sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 84 recorded since 1916.
Briscoe has 84 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2021.
- #18,526 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 84 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briscoe ranks #18,526 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,526 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Briscoe's 84 recorded births place it above 59.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Briscoe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Briscoe splits its recorded history at 1940: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Briscoe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2021
- Peak year (2021)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Briscoe by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (22 births, 26% of the file).
1920s was Briscoe's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Briscoe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
18 births
- 1920s
1920s
22 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 22 births (26% of all-time use).
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What to do with Briscoe's data
- Briscoe's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (22 total births) through the 2020s (16) -- 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 Briscoe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1916–2021 (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 Briscoe 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.