# Brianna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brianna/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /bɹiːˈænə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Bri |
| Variant spellings | Breanna, Bryanna |
| US babies named this | 265,237 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 438 / 264,799 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,375, 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 | 5,183 | 45 |
| 2012 | 4,646 | 51 |
| 2013 | 3,915 | 71 |
| 2014 | 3,616 | 85 |
| 2015 | 3,475 | 82 |
| 2016 | 3,098 | 97 |
| 2017 | 2,522 | 123 |
| 2018 | 2,244 | 132 |
| 2019 | 1,937 | 147 |
| 2020 | 1,878 | 145 |
| 2021 | 1,601 | 184 |
| 2022 | 1,709 | 171 |
| 2023 | 1,885 | 152 |
| 2024 | 1,677 | 181 |
| 2025 | 1,372 | 222 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 53 | 2,195 |
| 2005 | 12 | 6,277 |
| 2006 | 13 | 6,148 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8,271 |
| 2008 | 14 | 6,110 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,095 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9,837 |
| 2011 | 7 | 9,754 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,246 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,204 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,873 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,560 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,450 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,636 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,621 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 101 | 427 |
| 2012 | 89 | 493 |
| 2013 | 67 | 608 |
| 2014 | 74 | 570 |
| 2015 | 82 | 525 |
| 2016 | 69 | 615 |
| 2017 | 81 | 533 |
| 2018 | 87 | 494 |
| 2019 | 78 | 519 |
| 2020 | 118 | 372 |
| 2021 | 101 | 431 |
| 2022 | 101 | 419 |
| 2023 | 97 | 421 |
| 2024 | 72 | 539 |
| 2025 | 75 | 531 |

## People named Brianna

- Brianna Hildebrand, American actress (born 1996 or 1997)
- Brianna Rollins-McNeal, American track and field athlete
- Brianna Throssell, Australian swimmer
- Brianna Brown, American actress
- Brianna Decker, American women's ice hockey player
- Brianna Love, American pornographic actress
- Brianna Wu, American video game developer
- Brianna Stubbs, British rower
- Brianna Turner, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Brianna Glenn, American long jumper
- Brianna Keilar, American political commentator and journalist
- Brianna Perry, American rapper

## 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.