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Briley

#2,199 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Brierley

Briley has been given to 7,950 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #2,199 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 485 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% girls, 17% boys all-time.

Babies named Briley, 2025

1 in 39,500

Briley over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Briley over time

In 2025, Briley went to 89% girls and 11% boys.

19822025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Briley: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Brierley

surname transfer

What Briley means

Briley is a variant of Brierley.

Origin, language, and formation

Briley is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Briley is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Brierley.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,618 girls were recorded with the name Briley between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 485 in 2009; its best national rank was #622 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,478 in 2020 to #2,199 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #919 in 2015 to #2,199 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,332 boys were recorded with the name Briley between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 90 in 2005; its best national rank was #1,554 in 2005.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,102 in 2020 to #7,756 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,521 in 2015 to #7,756 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 Briley?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 39,500
84 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 19,100
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,199
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
27,357 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Briley 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 27,357 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Briley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brileys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Briley was born before 2011 — so the typical Briley is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
46.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,618
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 46.7% of all recorded uses (3,090).

Is Briley 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
−270
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−721
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,280
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.28×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
17.3%
Peak was 2009 (485)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#622
2009

Spellings of Briley

Briley is not the most common spelling — Hailey is, with 28.3% against Briley's 1.0%.

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.

Where Briley is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Briley was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 2,041 girls, against 1 in 9,054 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 50,000).

249 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in 2,041
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 2,439
  3. 3Alabama1 in 2,857
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 2,941
  5. 5Missouri1 in 4,545
  6. 6Indiana1 in 5,263
  7. 7Kansas1 in 5,556
  8. 8Mississippi1 in 6,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Briley is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Briley was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 205,134 across all states with data. It was least common in Oklahoma (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in 25,000
  2. 2Alabama1 in 50,000
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Kentucky1 in 100,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 100,000
  6. 6California1 in —
  7. 7Florida1 in —
  8. 8Georgia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Briley has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Briley around the world

Where Briley 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.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2012
    #5,876
    in 2012
  • Canada
    2006–2015
    #3,185
    in 2015
  • South Australia
    2010–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Briley by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,199
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 721
Best rank ever
#622
2009
Peak year
2009
485 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,618
Count in 2025
84

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,756
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 654
Best rank ever
#1,554
2005
Peak year
2005
90 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,332
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Briley

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

BrinleyBrinkleyBrixleyBrigidBrinnleyBrittaBritanyBriarBrissaBrisaBrionnaBrindaBritnyKeeleyBristolHenleyTenleyBrinsleyKenleyKarleyBrisleyKayleyBriellaBrinlee

Names with a curve like Briley

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Briley, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MariyahZionJocelynnAryanaAlyviaJaelynnJayleeKailynnMadalynnAryannaKyndallAnabella

Sibling names for Briley

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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