first name
BRILEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,676 people named Briley, 83.9% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% as two or more races. 81.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Briley peaked in 2009, when 562 babies got the name.
At least 7,950 babies have been given the name since 1982. 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.
Briley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,479. The largest share of babies named Briley, 61%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Briley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Briley has been most common in Tennessee (6.9×), Kentucky (3.7×), and Alabama (3.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.24×).
5,545 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 Briley
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Briley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Briley ranks #6,491 of 156,621, with 5,027 people. See Briley as a last name
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