Brianna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Brianna: Recorded every year since 1993, it reached #35 in 1999, and it stood at #352 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
115times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#35highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Brianna's record

Moved 183 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#736
1997	#803
1998	#493
1999	#463
2000	#535
2001	#565
2002	#547
2003	#508
2004	#473
2005	#427
2006	#398
2007	#398
2008	#397
2009	#428
2010	#401
2011	#427
2012	#493
2013	#608
2014	#570
2015	#525
2016	#615
2017	#533
2018	#494
2019	#519
2020	#372
2021	#431
2022	#419
2023	#421
2024	#539

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 31 of the 32 years from 1994 to 2025.

In 2024: #253 among girls in Northern Ireland, #315 among girls in Scotland, #539 among girls in England and Wales, #556 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1993–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1993
First recorded at #92 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1993–2008
Highest recorded position: #35 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1999 (recorded 1993–2008).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #352 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Brianna appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 31 ranked years and 429 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1993.

Brianna across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Brianna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#502 (1994)	#176 (2008)	#352 (2025)	31 of 32	429 (1994–2025)	33 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#736 (1996)	#372 (2020)	#539 (2024)	29 of 29	2,300 (1996–2024)	118 (2020)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#197 (1998)	#114 (2006)	#253 (2024)	27 of 27	216 (1998–2024)	19 (2008)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#92 (1993)	#35 (1999)	#87 (2008)	16 of 16	2,126 (1993–2008)	183 (1999)
New Zealand · Girls	#90 (1997)	#46 (2001)	#86 (2007)	11 of 11	740 (1997–2007)	80 (1999)

Brianna by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Brianna in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	5 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	186	10 of 10	19
2010s	156	10 of 10	16
2020s	58	6 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Brianna appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1993 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #35 in New South Wales, Australia in 1999.

Brianna'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	#539	72	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#421	97	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#419	101	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#431	101	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#372	118	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#519	78	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#494	87	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#533	81	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#615	69	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#525	82	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#570	74	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#608	67	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#493	89	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#427	101	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#401	110	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#428	97	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#397	110	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#398	104	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#398	105	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#427	87	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#473	73	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#508	63	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#547	54	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#565	49	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#535	52	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#463	63	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#493	57	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#803	28	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#736	31	High	Verified
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#81	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#54	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#56	129	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	164	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#35	183	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#40	174	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#44	164	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	160	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	127	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New Zealand	female	#86	50	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#48	80	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#67	52	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#52	73	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#50	75	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#55	65	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#46	79	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#53	79	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#57	80	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#79	55	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	female	#90	52	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#253	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#255	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#172	11	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#180	11	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#180	11	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#164	12	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#127	19	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#147	14	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#114	18	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#177	10	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#155	11	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#173	9	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#230	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#197	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	11	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#556	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	8	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	12	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	12	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	17	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	13	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	15	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	18	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	17	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	19	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	24	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	26	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#176	33	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	25	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	18	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	21	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	18	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	15	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	15	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#315	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1993 and 2025, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #35, first reached in 1999.

It held a top-100 place in 16 years, 16 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 183 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1999.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1994, and 31 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Brian · #7, 79y
Briana · #93, 31y
Brianne · #363, 24y
Briar · #790, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, 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.

Eloise · #35, 32y
Jorja · #35, 30y
Paris · #35, 30y
Jaxon · #36, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Eloise · #35, 32y
Jorja · #35, 30y
Paris · #35, 30y
Callan · #36, 30y

Brianna was ranked #35 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1999. 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.

Brianna 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 Brianna without appearing here.

Brianna moved ahead of

Linda Compare
In 1997 they stood at #803 and #638 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #493 and #898.
Kylie Compare
In 2003 they stood at #508 and #482 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #473 and #840.
Rita Compare
In 2024 they stood at #556 and #504 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #352 and #718.
Teresa Compare
In 1997 they stood at #803 and #658 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #493 and #846.

Moved ahead of Brianna

Maia Compare
In 1996 they stood at #736 and #753 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #803 and #456.
Riley Compare
In 2015 they stood at #525 and #539 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #615 and #301.
Maeve Compare
In 2018 they stood at #494 and #507 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #519 and #218.
Evelyn Compare
In 2013 they stood at #255 and #440 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #439 and #156.

Moved the opposite way to Brianna

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Brianna went from #736 to #421 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Brianna went from #736 to #421 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Brianna went from #736 to #421 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Brianna went from #736 to #431 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.

Moved the same way as Brianna

Joanne Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Brianna went from #197 to #298 and Joanne from #187 to #446.
Jodie Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Brianna went from #197 to #298 and Jodie from #103 to #446.
Kelly Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Brianna went from #197 to #298 and Kelly from #187 to #446.
Natalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Brianna went from #197 to #298 and Natalie from #85 to #350.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1993 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #35 in New South Wales, Australia in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Brianna

Brianna at a glance

What stands out in Brianna's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Brianna across 5 official records

Brianna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Brianna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Brianna

Brianna and the names beside it

Brianna moved ahead of

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Moved the same way as Brianna

Brianna at a glance

What stands out in Brianna's record

Brianna across 5 official records

Brianna by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Brianna appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Brianna

Brianna and the names beside it

Brianna moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Brianna

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