Briam
#12,321 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Briam has been given to 43 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #12,321 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 6 recorded.
Babies named Briam, 2025
1 in 663,000
Briam over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Briam?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 663,000
- 5 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 342,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #12,321
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 459,581 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Briam sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Briam. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Briams were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Briam was born before 2007 — so the typical Briam is around 18 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 51.2% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 65.1%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 43
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 51.2% of all recorded uses (22).
Is Briam 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
- −1,175
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 83.3%
- Peak was 2004 (6)
- Years since peak
- 21
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 16.7% average annual change
Spellings of Briam
Briam is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 55.6% against Briam's <0.01%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Briam by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Briam
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Briam
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.