girls:
1.5k births since 1977
#4257 (26th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1980
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1977
#6255 (19th percentile)
The name Brienne is the #6,255 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,490 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 19.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,257 (25.5% percentile) for all time with 1,485 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1980.
Brienne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 1980 for boys).
The name Brienne has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Brienne reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 14.8% percentile (ranked #670) with 71 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 71 births per million (ranked 14.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Brienne ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 12.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Brienne reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #681) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1980.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brienne".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Brienne. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.1% confident that Brienne is pronounced as BREE-ehn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is bree-EHN, at 45.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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