Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Briant

#4,909 most common boys' name of all time · #12,125 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1947–2024

Rank among boys
#4,909
Rank overall
#12,125 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
967
Since 2016
37
Peak year
2002 #2,654
Best rank
#1,955 1966
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
1960198020002020

Briant first appears in 1947. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 9 9 #8,434
2021 — 5 5 #12,419
2019 — 6 6 #10,996
2017 — 8 8 #8,979
2016 — 9 9 #8,267
2014 — 8 8 #8,938
2013 — 6 6 #10,924
2012 — 5 5 #12,528
2011 — 13 13 #6,323
2010 — 14 14 #6,089
2009 — 16 16 #5,598
2008 — 26 26 #3,953
2007 — 20 20 #4,675
2006 — 17 17 #5,139
2005 — 18 18 #4,674
2004 — 27 27 #3,479
2003 — 28 28 #3,305
2002 — 36 36 #2,654
2001 — 20 20 #4,012
2000 — 20 20 #3,970
1999 — 18 18 #4,034
1998 — 21 21 #3,523
1997 — 23 23 #3,196
1996 — 17 17 #3,887
1995 — 15 15 #4,122
1994 — 17 17 #3,801
1993 — 17 17 #3,724
1992 — 24 24 #2,869
1991 — 16 16 #3,698
1990 — 28 28 #2,461
1989 — 19 19 #3,143
1988 — 27 27 #2,285
1987 — 13 13 #3,601
1986 — 9 9 #4,613
1985 — 11 11 #3,913
1984 — 6 6 #5,843
1983 — 13 13 #3,315
1982 — 11 11 #3,834
1981 — 8 8 #4,691
1980 — 10 10 #3,974
1979 — 11 11 #3,692
1978 — 18 18 #2,526
1977 — 9 9 #3,983
1976 — 12 12 #3,179
1975 — 15 15 #2,707
1974 — 8 8 #4,014
1973 — 13 13 #2,806
1972 — 15 15 #2,499
1971 — 13 13 #2,780
1970 — 19 19 #2,104
1969 — 14 14 #2,380
1968 — 13 13 #2,413
1967 — 13 13 #2,329
1966 — 17 17 #1,955
1965 — 15 15 #2,162
1964 — 9 9 #3,013
1963 — 14 14 #2,287
1962 — 16 16 #2,108
1961 — 17 17 #2,062
1960 — 12 12 #2,516
1959 — 9 9 #2,998
1958 — 13 13 #2,363
1957 — 17 17 #2,014
1955 — 9 9 #2,947
1950 — 6 6 #3,650
1947 — 6 6 #3,717