Boys' name · since 1982
Briston
Since 1982, U.S. Social Security records show 440 babies named Briston, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,515 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,355 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 440
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Briston currently ranks #7355 among boys' names in America, with 440 babies recorded since 1982.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briston has been recorded 440 times among boys since 1982, currently ranked #7355 nationally and more common than 47% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #8,515 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,355 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 440 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briston ranks #8,515 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,355 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 440 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,515 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,355 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 440
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Briston's 440 recorded births place it above 81.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Briston compares
440 Top 47% higher than 53% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Briston's all-time total is 19% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Briston | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 440 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Briston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Briston's full recorded timeline at 2006, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Briston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Briston by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (155 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Briston's strongest decade.
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Briston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
116 births
- 2010s
2010s
155 births
- 2020s
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 155 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Briston's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (155 total births) through the 2020s (63) -- 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 Briston: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Briston 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.