Brianna

What Brianna means

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

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #82 in 2015, #222 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Brianna?

US: Falling: down from #82 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #525 in 2015, #531 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2000, when 12,880 girls got the name (#15 that year). First in the US records in 1963.

How common

• About 1 in 1,171 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,377 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,193 baby girls in Scotland 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 DE (3.1 per 1,000 girls), MA (1.75 per 1,000 girls), MD (1.75 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Brianna is #222 in the US and #531 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 Brianna were girls.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Briana431 US · 11 E&W
• Breanna69 US
• Brianny38 US
• Briany18 US
• Breana13 US
• Breonna8 US
• 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.

If you like Brianna

Girls

• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*
• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025
• Julia#131Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2001, with 8,838 babies; 2,172 in 2025
• Hannah#56“grace, gracious, graced with child”^*
• Jasmine#206Editor’s note Down from #110 in 2015 to #206 in 2025 in the US
• Alexandra#237“to defend + man”^*

For a brother

• Juan#159Spanish, meaning “Yahweh is gracious”^*
• Luis#144Same root as Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Miguel#212Spanish and Portuguese form of Michael, meaning “who is like God?”^*
• Jacob#43“May He Heel”^*
• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Antonio#176Same root as Anthony, meaning “flower”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Brianna’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.