girls:
5.6k births since 1972
#2216 (61st percentile)
boys:
5.6k births since 1971
#1592 (65th percentile)
overall:
11.2k births since 1971
#2483 (68th percentile)
The name Briar is the #2,483 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,189 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 67.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 67.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,216 (61.2% percentile) for all time with 5,630 births since 1972. For boys, it ranks #1,592 (65.3% percentile) for all time with 5,559 births since 1971.
Briar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 1972 for girls). Birth data for Briar is available in 52 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (51 years for girls and 41 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 Briar is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 57.6% of babies named Briar were girls. Interestingly, until around 1973, the name was more popular for boys (50.0% boys from 1971 to 1972), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (50.3% girls from 1973 to 2023).
For girls, Briar reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 52.8% percentile (ranked #442) with 333 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 333 births per million (ranked 52.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1989, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Briar ranks #481 for girls (49.3% percentile) with 313 births per million, which is 94.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Briar reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 39.9% percentile (ranked #548) with 221 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 221 births per million (ranked 39.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2000, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Briar is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #548 (39.9% percentile) with 221 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Briar".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Briar is pronounced as BRAI-er, which has 2 syllables.
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