Brion

maleStatistical record

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

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

Brion: Recorded since 1995, it reached #290 in 1999, and it was last ranked in 2017.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#290highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Republic of Ireland · Boys

Falling

among boys in Republic of Ireland · 1995–2017

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Republic of Ireland · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1995	#334
1997	#337
1999	#290
2003	#423
2004	#506
2006	#423
2007	#435
2008	#601
2009	#701
2010	#611
2012	#718
2013	#448
2015	#459
2017	#710

VerifiedSource: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names.Confidence: high.

See all Republic of Ireland names · Source: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names

What the data shows

FallingRepublic of Ireland · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 14 of the 23 years from 1995 to 2017.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1995–2017 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1995
First recorded at #334 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1995–2017
Highest recorded position: #290 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1995–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #710 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2017.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Brion by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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 Brion in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	3 of 10	4
2000s	25	6 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	24	5 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Brion appears in

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

Longest recorded names

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1995 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #290 in Republic of Ireland in 1999.

Brion'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
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified

Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1995 and 2017, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #290, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#710position in 2017, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 25 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.

Brigid · #26, 58y
Brinley · #1629, 27y
Briony · #334, 29y
Brit · #26, 53y

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.

Cathrina · #293, 19y
Leikny · #294, 16y
Sigvald · #295, 15y
Edit · #283, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Cairan · #290, 16y
Coral · #290, 30y
Nolan · #290, 27y
Shawn · #290, 29y

Brion was ranked #290 in Republic of Ireland · Boys 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.

Brion 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 Brion without appearing here.

Brion moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2012 they stood at #718 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #448 and #711.
Glenn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #718 and #401 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #459 and #615.

Moved ahead of Brion

Luca Compare
In 2002 they stood at #290 and #330 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #423 and #152.
Markus Compare
In 2016 they stood at #459 and #699 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #710 and #495.
Jan Compare
In 2003 they stood at #423 and #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #506 and #351.
Roman Compare
In 2014 they stood at #448 and #534 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #459 and #329.

Moved the opposite way to Brion

Alex Compare
Between 1995 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brion went from #334 to #710 while Alex went from #98 to #12.
Alexander Compare
Between 1995 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brion went from #334 to #710 while Alexander went from #77 to #39.
Arthur Compare
Between 1995 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brion went from #334 to #710 while Arthur went from #261 to #91.
Ben Compare
Between 1995 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brion went from #334 to #710 while Ben went from #100 to #32.

Moved the same way as Brion

Aaron Compare
Between 1995 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brion went from #334 to #710 and Aaron from #12 to #31.
Adrian Compare
Between 1995 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brion went from #334 to #710 and Adrian from #93 to #169.
Alan Compare
Between 1995 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brion went from #334 to #710 and Alan from #35 to #120.
Andrew Compare
Between 1995 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Brion went from #334 to #710 and Andrew from #22 to #76.

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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.

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1995 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #290 in Republic of Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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Brion by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Brion at a glance

Brion by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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