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Briony

#15,338 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Bryony

Briony has been given to 231 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #15,338 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Briony, 2025

1 in 663,000

Briony over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Briony: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Bryony

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Briony means

Briony is a variant of Bryony.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Briony is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹaɪ.ə.ni/ for Briony.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bryony.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 231 girls were recorded with the name Briony between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2011; its best national rank was #5,957 in 1980.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #15,533 in 2020 to #15,338 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #11,046 in 2015 to #15,338 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.

How common is Briony?

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 girls only
1 in 321,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#15,338
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Briony 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Briony. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brionys were born

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

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
68.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
231
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Choose a decade

2010s — 40.3% of all recorded uses (93).

Is Briony 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
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
+195
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,292
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.56×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
31.3%
Peak was 2011 (16)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
50.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,957
1980

Spellings of Briony

Briony is not the most common spelling — Briana is, with 54.9% against Briony'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.

Briony around the world

Where Briony 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
    1996–2025
    #3,705
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1984–2012
    #665
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    1945–2012
    #871
    in 2012

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

Briony by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,338
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 195
Best rank ever
#5,957
1980
Peak year
2011
16 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
231
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Briony

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

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Sibling names for Briony

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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