Girls' name · since 1996
Briyah
Briyah has 268 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,436 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 268
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Briyah is the #12436 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 268 recorded since 1996.
Briyah has 268 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12436 as of the latest data, more common than 28% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #16,914 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,436 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 268 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Briyah ranks #16,914 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,436 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 268 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,436 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 268
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Briyah's 268 recorded births place it above 76.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
How Briyah compares
268 43rd percentile among 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
Briyah's all-time total is 29% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Briyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 268 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Briyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Briyah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Briyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Briyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (151 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Briyah's strongest decade.
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Briyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
151 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 151 births (56% of all-time use).
Briyah by state
Where Briyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 268 births nationwide.
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What to do with Briyah's data
- Briyah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (151 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Briyahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Briyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Briyah 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.