Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Brianna, Breanna, Briana, and Bryanna are feminine given names. Brianna is a feminine English language form of the masculine Irish language name Brian as "Briana" is the original spelling.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Brianna yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Outlander — Brianna Fraser. My wife is obsessed and I'm not allowed to pretend otherwise. Our Brianna is five and hasn't seen it yet. We have a plan for the reveal.
— Derek, Edinburgh (moved to Atlanta GA), 2019
My grandmother was Brigid, Irish. Brianna felt like the Irish root but naturalized — something she wouldn't have to spell out constantly in an American school.
— Kathleen, Boston MA, 2017
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 58 | #105 |
| 1993 | 157 | #82 |
| 1994 | 225 | #51 |
| 1995 | 191 | #63 |
| 1996 | 253 | #46 |
| 1997 | 261 | #42 |
| 1998 | 279 | #36 |
| 1999 | 310 | #30 |
| 2000 | 289 | #32 |
| 2001 | 221 | #53 |
| 2002 | 236 | #47 |
| 2003 | 242 | #39 |
| 2004 | 207 | #44 |
| 2005 | 171 | #62 |
| 2006 | 99 | #75 |
| 2007 | 96 | #79 |
| 2008 | 91 | #87 |
| 2014 | 13 | #142 |
| 2015 | 106 | #124 |
| 2016 | 211 | #110 |
| 2017 | 6 | #241 |
