How rare is the name Brinley?

9,080 people in the United States have the first name Brinley, about 1 in 33,263. It ranks #2,620 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRINLEY

#2,620

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,080
About
1 in 33,263
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 9,080 people named Brinley, 89.3% reported their origin as White, 4.3% as two or more races and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Brinley peaked in 2017, when 1,007 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19872025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
1,007
In 2025*
481 ▼52%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,641 babies have been given the name since 1987. 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.

Brinley by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #817. The largest share of babies named Brinley, 72.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#23,51813
1990s#7,672216
2000s#2,1451,876
2010s#8177,514
2020s#9264,022
Millennials 1981–960.7%
Generation Z 1997–1226.7%
2013 and later72.6%

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 Brinley is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brinley has been most common in Utah (8.4×), Idaho (4.6×), and Arizona (2.1×), and least common in Connecticut (0.22×).

12,355 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 Brinley

#2,618 Edwina · 9,100#2,619 Aliza · 9,086#2,621 Fabio · 9,077#2,622 Hortencia · 9,071

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,107 Brynlee · 12,747#6,895 Brynley · 2,273#7,706 Brinlee · 1,949#14,098 Brenley · 842#16,565 Brynnley · 678#21,512 Brenlee · 471#35,546 Brinly · 226#45,502 Bromley · 149

Also a last name

As a last name, Brinley ranks #24,895 of 156,621, with 1,045 people. See Brinley as a last name

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