Girls' name · since 1992
Brya
355 babies named Brya in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,526 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,312 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 355
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brya currently ranks #11312 among girls' names in America, with 355 babies recorded since 1992.
Brya has 355 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11312 as of the latest data, more common than 35% 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 1992 to 2025.
- #14,526 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,312 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 355 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brya ranks #14,526 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,312 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 355 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,526 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,312 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 355
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brya's 355 recorded births place it above 79.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
How Brya compares
355 48th 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
Brya's all-time total is 6% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 355 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brya splits its recorded history at 2008: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brya popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Brya popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 1985 (Brya as boys' name)
Brya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (135 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Brya's strongest decade.
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Brya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
100 births
- 2000s
2000s
135 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s 42
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 135 births (38% of all-time use).
Brya by state
Where Brya concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 355 births nationwide.
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What to do with Brya's data
- Brya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (135 total births); usage has since declined to 42 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Bryas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Brya 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.