Girls' name · since 1979
Briseida
Briseida has 2,705 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,839 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,498 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,705
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Briseida currently ranks #2498 among girls' names in America, with 2,705 babies recorded since 1979.
Briseida has 2,705 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2498 as of the latest data, more common than 86% of girls, 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 1979 to 2025.
- #3,839 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,498 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,705 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briseida ranks #3,839 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,498 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,705 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,839 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,498 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,705
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Briseida's 2,705 recorded births place it above 94.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Briseida compares
2,705 Top 19% higher than 81% of 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
Briseida's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Briseida | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,705 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 199 | 21 | 19,840 |
Briseida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Briseida splits its recorded history at 2004: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1985 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 199 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Briseida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 199
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Briseida by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,133 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Briseida's strongest decade.
1,133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Briseida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s 102
1980s
102 births
- 1990s
1990s
495 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,133 births
- 2010s
2010s
691 births
- 2020s 276
2020s
276 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,133 births (42% of all-time use).
How Briseida compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Briseida's total volume
Briseida by state
Where Briseida concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 895 | 33.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 469 | 17.3% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 91 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Washington | | 78 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 61 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 46 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 43 | 1.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 31 | 1.1% |
895 of 2,705 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Briseida appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Briseida's data
- Briseida's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,133 total births); usage has since declined to 276 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Briseidas (895 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Briseida: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Briseida 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.