Briscoe

Boys' name

Birch wood

Briscoe has been given to 84 babies in the U.S. since 1916. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2021, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Briscoe, 2021

1 in 308,000

Briscoe over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Briscoe: meaning, origin, and history

Birch wood

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Briscoe means

Briscoe means “birch wood”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Briscoe is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹɪs.koʊ/ for Briscoe.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 84 boys were recorded with the name Briscoe between 1916 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2021; its best national rank was #2,750 in 1916.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Briscoe?

Briscoe had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 308,000; 11 of 3,389,958 births
Among boys only: 1 in 159,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 213,614 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Briscoe 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 2021 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 213,614 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Briscoe. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Briscoes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Briscoe was born before 1940 — so the typical Briscoe is around 85 today.

Median birth year: 1940; About 85 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 26.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 38.1%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 38; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 26.2% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Briscoe 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: 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: 0%; Peak was 2021 (11)
Years since peak: 4; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 41.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,750; 1916

Spellings of Briscoe

Briscoe is not the most common spelling — Roscoe is, with 55.7% against Briscoe's 0.21%.

Roscoe55.7%22,159
Brice39.5%15,737
Brison3.1%1,242
Bristol1.4%573
Briscoe0.21%84

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.

Briscoe by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,750; 1916
Peak year: 2021; 11 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 84
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Briscoe

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

Bridges Brixtyn Brixten Brixtin Brigston Bridge Britney Britian Brinden Brittin Brixon Briston Bridget Brinley Bristol Brixx Brittian Bricyn Brilliant Brisyn Briam Briggston Brianne British

Sibling names for Briscoe

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

For a sister

Journi Lennox Layne Ellison Legacy Marleigh Adley Giavanna

For a brother

Henri Rian Finnley Axton Yaakov Grey Magnus Ameer

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