Briston — #5993 US boys' name
429 babies named Briston in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Briston was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Briston in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Briston
The Social Security Administration has registered 429 babies named Briston between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Briston currently holds the #5993 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Briston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Briston shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Briston 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 429 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.
Briston at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Briston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2010)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #5993 among boys.
429 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 24 births in a single year.
Briston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 155 births that decade — 36% of Briston's all-time total
Briston decade highlights
- Peak decade 155 births
- Runner-up 116 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Briston's strongest decade
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% 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, 1982–2024 (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.