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
Why did you choose this name — or what does it mean to you? Approved stories appear on this page.
→ See names similar to Brianna · Compare Brianna with another name → · Popular names of the 1990s · Girls names starting with B
Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 303 | #121 |
| 1992 | 333 | #109 |
| 1993 | 403 | #90 |
| 1994 | 343 | #98 |
| 1995 | 501 | #69 |
| 1996 | 505 | #63 |
| 1997 | 567 | #50 |
| 1998 | 634 | #40 |
| 1999 | 739 | #27 |
| 2000 | 659 | #31 |
| 2001 | 696 | #30 |
| 2002 | 559 | #36 |
| 2003 | 611 | #34 |
| 2004 | 494 | #47 |
| 2005 | 493 | #51 |
| 2006 | 504 | #53 |
| 2007 | 440 | #59 |
| 2008 | 431 | #61 |
| 2009 | 374 | #73 |
| 2010 | 290 | #98 |
| 2011 | 270 | #108 |
| 2012 | 271 | #110 |
| 2013 | 211 | #141 |
| 2014 | 202 | #157 |
| 2015 | 175 | #177 |
| 2016 | 143 | #217 |
| 2017 | 127 | #246 |
| 2018 | 145 | #203 |
| 2019 | 151 | #188 |
| 2020 | 162 | #163 |
| 2021 | 142 | #210 |
| 2022 | 113 | #260 |
| 2023 | 107 | #276 |
| 2024 | 98 | #307 |
