Briar

What Briar means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #835 in 2015, #400 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Briar?

US: Rising: up from #835 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2070 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 778 girls got the name (#400 that year). First in the US records in 1972.

How common

• About 1 in 2,066 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 10,131 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,789 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 SD (3.93 per 1,000 girls), ND (3.33 per 1,000 girls), NH (2.63 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Briar is #400 in the US and #1271 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 66.2% of US babies named Briar were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Brier13 US
• Brior7 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 Briar

Girls

• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Opal#423Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,110 in 2015, #423 in 2025
• Ivy#39From the word “ivy”^*
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Wynter#456Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1962, with 5 babies

For a brother

• August#81“month of August”^*
• Royal#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Prince#447Editor’s note Down from #386 in 2015 to #447 in 2025 in the US
• Duke#695Editor’s note Down from #601 in 2015 to #695 in 2025 in the US
• Alden#598“old + friend”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*

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