Briar

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Briar: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #790, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#790highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
2000	#2746
2001	#3998
2003	#4373
2006	#1862
2007	#2895
2009	#3936
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2012	#2521
2013	#2887
2014	#4003
2015	#2070
2016	#2757
2017	#1733
2018	#1649
2019	#2458
2020	#1352
2021	#1866
2022	#1849
2023	#1640
2024	#2574

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 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #2574 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Briar 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 Briar in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	35	6 of 10	6
2010s	96	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	81	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Briar 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024.

Briar'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	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1352	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1733	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #790, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 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.

Brianna · #35, 33y
Brianne · #363, 24y
Briar-Rose · #2201, 12y
Brid · #131, 54y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Adanna · #790, 26y
Aiva · #790, 19y
Bonny · #790, 26y
Capri · #790, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Adanna · #790, 26y
Ariadne · #790, 26y
Arwyn · #790, 23y
Bali · #790, 10y

Briar was ranked #790 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Briar 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 Briar without appearing here.

Briar moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1352 and #5493.
Finley Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #2862 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2070 and #5730.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2070 and #5730.
Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Briar

Ada Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1543.
Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1666.
Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2746 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #2727.
Aria Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #2411.

Moved the opposite way to Briar

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Briar went from #3142 to #1640 while Josefine went from #3848 to #5687.

Moved the same way as Briar

Meabh Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Briar went from #4373 to #2574 and Meabh from #4373 to #952.
Martine Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Briar went from #2350 to #5785 and Martine from #2350 to #4764.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Briar went from #5707 to #2574 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.

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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #790 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Briar

Briar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Briar by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Briar appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Briar at a glance

Briar by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Briar moved ahead of

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