# Briley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/briley/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,950 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,332 / 6,618 (83% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 33, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a variant of Brierley.

## 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 | 435 | 654 |
| 2012 | 400 | 702 |
| 2013 | 356 | 765 |
| 2014 | 322 | 857 |
| 2015 | 300 | 919 |
| 2016 | 270 | 985 |
| 2017 | 214 | 1,154 |
| 2018 | 195 | 1,210 |
| 2019 | 151 | 1,461 |
| 2020 | 145 | 1,478 |
| 2021 | 127 | 1,642 |
| 2022 | 146 | 1,491 |
| 2023 | 112 | 1,807 |
| 2024 | 103 | 1,929 |
| 2025 | 84 | 2,199 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 76 | 1,851 |
| 2012 | 69 | 2,019 |
| 2013 | 47 | 2,567 |
| 2014 | 54 | 2,377 |
| 2015 | 31 | 3,522 |
| 2016 | 18 | 5,161 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,747 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,196 |
| 2019 | 21 | 4,662 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,107 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,163 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,076 |
| 2023 | 15 | 5,976 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,061 |
| 2025 | 10 | 7,760 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |

## 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.