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Brion

#8,357 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Brian

Brion has been given to 2,896 babies in the U.S. since 1945. In 2025 it ranked #8,357 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1957, with 87 recorded.

Babies named Brion, 2025

1 in 368,000

Brion over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Brion: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Brian

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Brion means

Brion is a variant of Brian.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Brion → Brian. The family’s proposed meaning is “hill, high or might, power”, recorded in the naming reference for Brian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Brian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,807 boys were recorded with the name Brion between 1945 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 87 in 1957; its best national rank was #803 in 1957.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,273 in 2020 to #8,357 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,567 in 2015 to #8,357 in 2025.

In the United States, 89 girls were recorded with the name Brion between 1989 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1994; its best national rank was #6,366 in 1994.

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.

How common is Brion?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 190,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#8,357
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Brion sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brion. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brions were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Brion was born before 1977 — so the typical Brion is around 48 today.

Median birth year
1977
About 48 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
21.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
15.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,764
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Choose a decade

1970s — 21.8% of all recorded uses (612).

Is Brion 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
−3,091
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,084
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,790
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.43×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
10.3%
Peak was 1957 (87)
Years since peak
68
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#803
1957

Spellings of Brion

Brion is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 53.9% against Brion's 0.13%.

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 Brion is used

Across 1910–2025, Brion was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 166,504 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 100,000
  4. 4New York1 in 100,000
  5. 5Ohio1 in 100,000
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
  7. 7Massachusetts1 in —
  8. 8Michigan1 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. Brion has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Brion around the world

Where Brion 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
    1995–2021
    #631
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1981–1987
    #464
    in 1987

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

Notable people named Brion

People whose public names include Brion, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Brion in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Brion. Linked forms have their own page here.

BrianBrien

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Brion by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,357
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,084
Best rank ever
#803
1957
Peak year
1957
87 that year
First recorded
1945
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,807
Count in 2025
9

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,366
1994
Peak year
1994
14 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
89
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Brion

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

BrienBriarKeionAvionArionBrileyBrierBrisonBrighamBriceBrittBricenBrickZyionBriggsBrixtonDeionXavionTavionZavionBrittonBrightonBritonBridger

Names with a curve like Brion

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

DesiRenardMickyMichaleKevanReginalAnthoneyTeranceDonellDavyDarcyMikeal

Sibling names for Brion

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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