Girl name#870 of girl names
Brianne
Pronounced B R AY1 AH0 N N EY1 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1979
- 78 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Brianne?
Brianne is a girls' name, and first appears in 1947. It has been given to 22,364 children — the 870th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 68% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1979, when 1,692 children were given it.
Brionne is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Brianne and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Brionne
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B R AY1 AH0 N N EY1 · B R AY1 AH0 N N IY1
- Stress pattern:
- 101 · 101
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Brianne
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Brianne
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Brianne?
- Brianne ranks 870th among girls' names in US records, with 22,364 births since 1947. Over the past decade it accounts for 588.
- Is Brianne a unisex name?
- No. Brianne is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Brianne most popular?
- 1979, when 1,692 children were given the name. It has been in use for 78 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Brianne spelled?
- Brionne. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.