# Brinley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brinley/  
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 | Brinlee, Brynlee, Brynlie |
| US babies named this | 13,641 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 151 / 13,490 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 211, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Possibly a variant of Brindley.

## 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 | 547 | 530 |
| 2012 | 613 | 500 |
| 2013 | 596 | 505 |
| 2014 | 696 | 459 |
| 2015 | 785 | 408 |
| 2016 | 983 | 339 |
| 2017 | 1,000 | 328 |
| 2018 | 955 | 338 |
| 2019 | 812 | 386 |
| 2020 | 857 | 362 |
| 2021 | 799 | 394 |
| 2022 | 699 | 449 |
| 2023 | 622 | 492 |
| 2024 | 535 | 564 |
| 2025 | 481 | 608 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10 | 7,775 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,241 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8,871 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,627 |
| 2013 | 14 | 5,969 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8,891 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8,863 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,821 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9,844 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,451 |
| 2019 | 7 | 9,903 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8,863 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,430 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,643 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,359 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## 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.