# Briana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/briana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Brianna, Breighanna, Breighana |
| US babies named this | 97,326 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 206 / 97,120 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 476, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,339 | 235 |
| 2012 | 1,063 | 299 |
| 2013 | 916 | 350 |
| 2014 | 766 | 419 |
| 2015 | 765 | 421 |
| 2016 | 725 | 443 |
| 2017 | 679 | 463 |
| 2018 | 574 | 542 |
| 2019 | 547 | 559 |
| 2020 | 475 | 614 |
| 2021 | 469 | 631 |
| 2022 | 572 | 539 |
| 2023 | 655 | 470 |
| 2024 | 565 | 536 |
| 2025 | 431 | 661 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 10 | 5,279 |
| 1993 | 14 | 4,252 |
| 1994 | 20 | 3,339 |
| 1995 | 12 | 4,829 |
| 1996 | 10 | 5,582 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,381 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7,660 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,231 |
| 2002 | 11 | 6,142 |
| 2004 | 13 | 5,853 |
| 2006 | 7 | 9,712 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,111 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,016 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,240 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,635 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,749 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,628 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,326 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,206 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,440 |

## People named Briana

- Briana Evigan, American actress
- Briana Banks, German-American pornographic actress and model
- Briana Scurry, American soccer player
- Briana Blair, American pornographic actress and basketball cheerleader
- Briana Cuoco, American actress and singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.