How rare is the name Briar?

7,060 people in the United States have the first name Briar, about 1 in 42,781. It ranks #3,112 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRIAR

#3,112

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,060
About
1 in 42,781
This common or more
81.7%
Who bears it

Of the 7,060 people named Briar, 87.1% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as two or more races and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 53.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Briar peaked in 2025, when 1,175 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,175
In 2025*
1,175
Recorded as
used for both

At least 13,349 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.

Briar by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #678. The largest share of babies named Briar, 72.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#9,33081
1980s#11,09285
1990s#2,813928
2000s#2,2871,710
2010s#1,1924,715
2020s#6785,830
Generation X 1965–800.7%
Millennials 1981–965.3%
Generation Z 1997–1221.1%
2013 and later72.9%

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 Briar is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Briar has been most common in North Dakota (3.4×), Oklahoma (3.1×), and Arkansas (2.6×), and least common in New Jersey (0.11×).

10,203 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 Briar

#3,110 Sunil · 7,064#3,111 Jaidyn · 7,062#3,113 Richie · 7,058#3,114 Ling · 7,057

Spelled almost the same

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

#8,157 Bryar · 1,792#14,870 Brier · 784

Also a last name

As a last name, Briar ranks #49,315 of 156,621, with 461 people. See Briar as a last name

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