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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 31 | #738 |
| 1997 | 28 | #806 |
| 1998 | 57 | #493 |
| 1999 | 63 | #464 |
| 2000 | 52 | #535 |
| 2001 | 49 | #565 |
| 2002 | 54 | #548 |
| 2003 | 63 | #508 |
| 2004 | 73 | #474 |
| 2005 | 87 | #427 |
| 2006 | 105 | #400 |
| 2007 | 104 | #398 |
| 2008 | 110 | #399 |
| 2009 | 97 | #429 |
| 2010 | 110 | #402 |
| 2011 | 101 | #428 |
| 2012 | 89 | #493 |
| 2013 | 67 | #608 |
| 2014 | 74 | #570 |
| 2015 | 82 | #526 |
| 2016 | 69 | #617 |
