Briar**
#1,366 most common girls' name of all time · #2,366 across all names · 48% male / 52% female · used 1971–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,366
Rank overall
#2,366 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
13,349
Since 2016
8,560
Peak year
2025 #400
Best rank
#400 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 1,175/yr
Briar first appears in 1971. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 778 | 397 | 1,175 | #400 |
| 2024 | 589 | 387 | 976 | #522 |
| 2023 | 550 | 405 | 955 | #550 |
| 2022 | 579 | 347 | 926 | #534 |
| 2021 | 597 | 364 | 961 | #517 |
| 2020 | 519 | 318 | 837 | #567 |
| 2019 | 529 | 302 | 831 | #578 |
| 2018 | 422 | 278 | 700 | #689 |
| 2017 | 397 | 244 | 641 | #723 |
| 2016 | 355 | 203 | 558 | #804 |
| 2015 | 336 | 203 | 539 | #835 |
| 2014 | 158 | 203 | 361 | #1,443 |
| 2013 | 108 | 161 | 269 | #1,872 |
| 2012 | 108 | 189 | 297 | #1,867 |
| 2011 | 104 | 172 | 276 | #1,919 |
| 2010 | 70 | 173 | 243 | #2,603 |
| 2009 | 72 | 138 | 210 | #2,580 |
| 2008 | 51 | 152 | 203 | #3,293 |
| 2007 | 73 | 139 | 212 | #2,556 |
| 2006 | 53 | 132 | 185 | #3,155 |
| 2005 | 30 | 117 | 147 | #4,533 |
| 2004 | 37 | 125 | 162 | #3,860 |
| 2003 | 43 | 132 | 175 | #3,374 |
| 2002 | 34 | 101 | 135 | #3,853 |
| 2001 | 38 | 107 | 145 | #3,517 |
| 2000 | 35 | 101 | 136 | #3,706 |
| 1999 | 29 | 68 | 97 | #4,028 |
| 1998 | 31 | 59 | 90 | #3,786 |
| 1997 | 29 | 72 | 101 | #3,858 |
| 1996 | 22 | 83 | 105 | #4,663 |
| 1995 | 15 | 105 | 120 | #6,113 |
| 1994 | 22 | 81 | 103 | #4,608 |
| 1993 | 23 | 54 | 77 | #4,475 |
| 1992 | 19 | 59 | 78 | #5,189 |
| 1991 | 15 | 92 | 107 | #6,117 |
| 1990 | 7 | 43 | 50 | #10,683 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,232 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,809 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,428 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,745 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,478 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,786 |
| 1982 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #7,933 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,196 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #8,740 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,661 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,426 |
| 1977 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #9,181 |
| 1976 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #7,127 |
| 1975 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #10,006 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,734 |
| 1973 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #8,198 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,330 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | — |