Briar
Briar is ranked 522nd among girls in 2024 (588 births). Its best rank was 516th, in 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- #522up 27 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5880.04% of girls
- Peak year
- 2021597 births
- Best rank
- #516in 2021
- Since 1972
- 12,170people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,222 girls have been named Briar in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 597 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 46%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Briar is used for both sexes: 49% of its bearers are boys (5,948), most of them born around 2023.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Briar was the 516th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Briar
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Adirapeak 2019
- Zeliepeak 2021
- Laiapeak 2022
- Emberleepeak 2020
- Bellamypeak 2022
- Emberlypeak 2018
- Ensleypeak 2020
- Emersynpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.