# Briar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/briar/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “briar” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,349 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,347 / 7,002 (52% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 254, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

As a surname Middle English brere (“briar”).

## 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 | 104 | 1,911 |
| 2012 | 108 | 1,860 |
| 2013 | 108 | 1,868 |
| 2014 | 158 | 1,437 |
| 2015 | 336 | 836 |
| 2016 | 355 | 801 |
| 2017 | 397 | 722 |
| 2018 | 422 | 687 |
| 2019 | 529 | 578 |
| 2020 | 519 | 567 |
| 2021 | 597 | 516 |
| 2022 | 579 | 534 |
| 2023 | 550 | 549 |
| 2024 | 589 | 522 |
| 2025 | 778 | 400 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 172 | 1,083 |
| 2012 | 189 | 1,030 |
| 2013 | 161 | 1,128 |
| 2014 | 203 | 1,008 |
| 2015 | 203 | 1,006 |
| 2016 | 203 | 1,008 |
| 2017 | 244 | 882 |
| 2018 | 278 | 810 |
| 2019 | 302 | 775 |
| 2020 | 318 | 757 |
| 2021 | 364 | 714 |
| 2022 | 347 | 741 |
| 2023 | 405 | 671 |
| 2024 | 387 | 698 |
| 2025 | 397 | 686 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,352 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,866 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,271 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Briar

- Briar Nolet, Canadian actress and dancer (born 1998)

## 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.