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Bryanna

Pronounced B R AY1 AH0 N N AA1 (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 1998
  • 66 years in use
  • 6 spellings
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How popular is Bryanna?

Bryanna is a girls' name, and first appears in 1959. It has been given to 27,229 children — the 765th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 73% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1998, when 1,354 children were given it.

Six other spellings are counted in that total — Brionna, Briannah, Bryonna and three more — because they are pronounced identically.

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Spelling variants

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

  • Brionna
  • Briannah
  • Bryonna
  • Bryannah
  • Brionnah
  • Bryenna

Characteristics

  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
B R AY1 AH0 N N AA1
Stress pattern:
101
Syllables:
3

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

Names like Bryanna

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

Sibling names for Bryanna

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

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Bryanna?
Bryanna ranks 765th among girls' names in US records, with 27,229 births since 1959. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,047.
Is Bryanna a unisex name?
No. Bryanna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Bryanna most popular?
1998, when 1,354 children were given the name. It has been in use for 66 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Bryanna spelled?
Brionna, Briannah, Bryonna, Bryannah, Brionnah, Bryenna. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.