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Bri

#9,559 in 2025Girls' name

Diminutive of Brian or Brianna

Bri has been given to 315 babies in the U.S. since 1976. In 2025 it ranked #9,559 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Bri, 2025

1 in 332,000

Bri over time, 1880–2025

Girls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bri: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Brian or Brianna

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bri means

Bri is a diminutive of Brian or Brianna.

Origin, language, and formation

Bri is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Brian and Brianna.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Bri is pronounced /bɹiː/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 315 girls were recorded with the name Bri between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2007; its best national rank was #6,761 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,675 in 2020 to #9,559 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,541 in 2015 to #9,559 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bri?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 161,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,559
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bri sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bri was born before 2010 — so the typical Bri is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
30.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
66.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
315
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Choose a decade

2010s — 30.2% of all recorded uses (95).

Is Bri rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+858
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+116
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,018
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.77×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
55.6%
Peak was 2007 (18)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
41.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,761
2019

Bri around the world

Where Bri ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Ireland
    2011–2011
    #937
    in 2011
  • South Australia
    2000–2000
    #727
    in 2000

Popularity data from Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Bri by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,559
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 116
Best rank ever
#6,761
2019
Peak year
2007
18 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
315
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Bri

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Bri

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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