girls:
340 births since 1992
#5376 (6th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1985
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
346 births since 1985
#7393 (4th percentile)
The name Brya is the #7,393 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 346 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 4.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,376 (5.9% percentile) for all time with 340 births since 1992. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1985.
Brya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for boys and 1992 for girls). Birth data for Brya is available in 31 out of the 39 years between 1985 and 2023 (30 years for girls and 1 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 Brya has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.3% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1992, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1985 to 1991), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1992 to 2023).
For girls, Brya reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #847) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Brya ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 68.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Brya reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #694) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1985.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brya".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Brya is pronounced as BRAI-uh, which has 2 syllables.
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