Briana

What Briana means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Briana yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,000 babies; 431 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Briana?

US: Falling: down from #421 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #2705 in 2015, #2440 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1994, when 5,000 girls got the name (#68 that year). First in the US records in 1950.

How common

• About 1 in 3,729 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 23,026 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MD (0.95 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.76 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.56 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Briana is #661 in the US and #2440 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Briana were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Brianna1,372 US · 75 E&W
• Breanna69 US
• Brianny38 US
• Briany18 US
• Breana13 US
• Briony5 US · 6 E&W
• Briani6 US
• Brionna5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Nicknames

• Bria

Listed on Wiktionary under “pet forms”.

If you like Briana

Girls

• Megan#887Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Morgan#312Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #121 in 2015, #312 in 2025
• Bridget#724Editor’s note Down from #534 in 2015 to #724 in 2025 in the US
• Jennifer#586Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1972, with 63,600 babies; 501 in 2025
• Jenna#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 6,436 babies; 418 in 2025
• Kaitlyn#799Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #197 in 2015, #799 in 2025

For a brother

• Trevor#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1998, with 6,598 babies; 400 in 2025
• Sean#489“God is gracious”^*
• Juan#159Spanish, meaning “Yahweh is gracious”^*
• Shawn#681“God is gracious”^*
• Shane#635“God is gracious”^*
• Ryan#99Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 29,905 babies; 3,532 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Briana’s. Rank is US 2025.