How popular is the name Brianna?

Brianna ranks 115th among girls' names in US records, with 362,122 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 28,473.

Is Brianna a unisex name?

No. Brianna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2000, when 16,671 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Briana. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#115 of girl names

Pronounced B R IY0 AA1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

Brianna is a girls' name, and first appears in 1950. It has been given to 362,122 children — the 115th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 67% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2000, when 16,671 children were given it.

Briana is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2000Girls: 16,671Boys: 24

These spellings sound identical to Brianna and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Brianna?: Brianna ranks 115th among girls' names in US records, with 362,122 births since 1950. Over the past decade it accounts for 28,473.
Is Brianna a unisex name?: No. Brianna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Brianna most popular?: 2000, when 16,671 children were given the name. It has been in use for 75 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Brianna spelled?: Briana. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.