girls:
1.6k births since 1978
#4152 (27th percentile)
boys:
20 births since 1994
#4566 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1978
#6122 (21st percentile)
The name Briann is the #6,122 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,624 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 20.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,152 (27.3% percentile) for all time with 1,604 births since 1978. For boys, it ranks #4,566 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 20 births since 1994.
Briann first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (1978 for girls and 1994 for boys). Birth data for Briann is available in 45 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023 (45 years for girls and 4 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Briann has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Briann reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 9.9% percentile (ranked #774) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 47 births per million (ranked 9.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1998, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Briann ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 11.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Briann reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #900) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Briann".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Briann", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 25 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Brian" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Brian..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Briann. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.5% confident that Briann is pronounced as BRAI-an, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BREE-an, at 26.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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