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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 8 | #4,921 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,656 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,526 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,983 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,864 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,469 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,209 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,400 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,910 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,280 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,178 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,963 |
| 1975 | 78 | #1,366 |
| 1976 | 138 | #933 |
| 1977 | 223 | #698 |
| 1978 | 299 | #574 |
| 1979 | 713 | #329 |
| 1980 | 708 | #341 |
| 1981 | 727 | #324 |
| 1982 | 890 | #274 |
| 1983 | 972 | #242 |
| 1984 | 1,355 | #197 |
| 1985 | 1,421 | #190 |
| 1986 | 1,815 | #154 |
| 1987 | 2,287 | #122 |
| 1988 | 2,963 | #96 |
| 1989 | 3,995 | #77 |
| 1990 | 5,679 | #61 |
| 1991 | 6,561 | #51 |
| 1992 | 7,296 | #43 |
| 1993 | 8,775 | #32 |
| 1994 | 10,516 | #27 |
| 1995 | 11,881 | #21 |
| 1996 | 11,925 | #17 |
| 1997 | 12,007 | #17 |
| 1998 | 12,047 | #17 |
| 1999 | 12,417 | #14 |
| 2000 | 12,880 | #15 |
| 2001 | 11,776 | #18 |
| 2002 | 11,524 | #17 |
| 2003 | 10,584 | #17 |
| 2004 | 9,804 | #17 |
| 2005 | 9,370 | #20 |
| 2006 | 9,370 | #20 |
| 2007 | 8,855 | #22 |
| 2008 | 8,277 | #23 |
| 2009 | 7,357 | #24 |
| 2010 | 6,281 | #30 |
| 2011 | 5,183 | #45 |
| 2012 | 4,646 | #51 |
| 2013 | 3,914 | #71 |
| 2014 | 3,614 | #85 |
| 2015 | 3,475 | #82 |
| 2016 | 3,097 | #97 |
| 2017 | 2,519 | #123 |
| 2018 | 2,243 | #132 |
| 2019 | 1,936 | #147 |
| 2020 | 1,878 | #145 |
| 2021 | 1,597 | #184 |
| 2022 | 1,708 | #171 |
| 2023 | 1,883 | #152 |
| 2024 | 1,673 | #181 |
