How common is the name Brianna?

221,271 people in the United States have the first name Brianna, about 1 in 1,365. It ranks #253 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRIANNA

#253

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
221,271
About
1 in 1,365
This common or more
45.9%
Who bears it

Of the 221,271 people named Brianna, 51.1% reported their origin as White, 26.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 14.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Brianna peaked in 2000, when 12,898 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19632025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
12,898
In 2025*
1,372 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 265,237 babies have been given the name since 1963. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Brianna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #59. The largest share of babies named Brianna, 57.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#7,21682
1970s#1,4621,639
1980s#32917,172
1990s#6799,269
2000s#5999,978
2010s#18236,965
2020s#40510,132
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–9629.9%
Generation Z 1997–1257.5%
2013 and later11.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Brianna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brianna has been most common in Nevada (2.3×), Arizona (1.9×), and Florida (1.8×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.58×).

263,948 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Brianna

#251 Ian · 222,811#252 Anne · 221,693#254 Mia · 219,780#255 Bonnie · 219,134

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brianna, most common first.

#25 Brian · 1,011,020#663 Briana · 79,981#748 Breanna · 68,070#1,311 Brenna · 27,835#1,687 Brianne · 18,375#1,885 Bryanna · 15,186#2,590 Breanne · 9,278#2,601 Breana · 9,227

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