Briony

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Briony: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Briony: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #334 in 2000, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#334highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#346
1997	#336
1998	#342
1999	#354
2000	#334
2001	#399
2002	#421
2003	#532
2004	#581
2005	#718
2006	#796
2007	#836
2008	#937
2009	#1467
2010	#1294
2011	#1225
2012	#1428
2013	#1707
2014	#1882
2015	#1711
2016	#2233
2017	#2090
2018	#1977
2019	#2286
2020	#2449
2021	#2711
2022	#3148
2023	#2346
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #346 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #334 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Briony by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Briony in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	390	4 of 10	98
2000sbusiest	539	10 of 10	54
2010s	171	10 of 10	17
2020s	42	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 54 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Briony appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #334 in England and Wales in 2000.

Briony's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1428	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1225	26	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1294	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1467	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#937	34	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#836	38	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#796	38	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#718	42	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#581	53	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#532	58	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#421	77	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#399	79	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#334	101	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#354	91	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#342	99	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#336	101	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#346	99	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #334, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 101 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
101births registered in its largest year, 1997100 to 199 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Brita · #101, 62y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eirill · #332, 31y
Yaqub · #336, 28y
Aaminah · #338, 29y
Awais · #327, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alby · #334, 29y
Rion · #334, 26y
Tariq · #334, 29y
Thom · #334, 24y

Briony was ranked #334 in England and Wales · Girls in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Briony and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Briony without appearing here.

Briony moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Kerry Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1467 and #1365 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1294 and #1993.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #334 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #399 and #871.
Tyler Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1467 and #958 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1294 and #1520.

Moved ahead of Briony

Paula Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #1491.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #1743.
Aisling Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #2000.
Lorraine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #2115.

Moved the opposite way to Briony

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Briony went from #346 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Briony went from #346 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Briony went from #346 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Briony went from #346 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Briony

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Briony went from #346 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Briony went from #346 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Briony went from #346 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Briony went from #346 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #334 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Briony

Briony at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Briony by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Briony appears in

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Briony at a glance

Briony by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Briony moved ahead of

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