# Brianne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brianne/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 20,504 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31 / 20,473 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 208, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A feminine form of Brian, taken to regular use in the 1970s.

## 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 | 113 | 1,792 |
| 2012 | 107 | 1,876 |
| 2013 | 72 | 2,488 |
| 2014 | 95 | 2,055 |
| 2015 | 77 | 2,386 |
| 2016 | 64 | 2,703 |
| 2017 | 52 | 3,101 |
| 2018 | 68 | 2,568 |
| 2019 | 49 | 3,236 |
| 2020 | 46 | 3,347 |
| 2021 | 41 | 3,689 |
| 2022 | 34 | 4,223 |
| 2023 | 25 | 5,151 |
| 2024 | 34 | 4,219 |
| 2025 | 24 | 5,267 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 9 | 4,112 |
| 1980 | 6 | 5,601 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,579 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,080 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,045 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2010 | 26 | 1,218 |
| 2011 | 32 | 1,067 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Brianne

- Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Canadian athlete
- Brianne Howey, American actress
- Brianne Tju, American actress
- Brianne Jenner, Canadian ice hockey player
- Brianne McLaughlin, American women's ice hockey player
- Brianne Davis, American model, actress, producer and director
- Brie Larson, American actress, singer and filmmaker (born 1989)
- Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter (born 1982)
- Bre Blair, Canadian actress

## 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.