# Briony (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/briony/  
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 | 231 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 231 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,148, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 13,715 |
| 2011 | 16 | 7,496 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,288 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,004 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,277 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,051 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,656 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,845 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12,723 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,232 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,538 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,307 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,723 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9,742 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,342 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,225 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,428 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,707 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Briony

- Briony Cole, Australian diver and swimmer

## 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.