Brier**
#4,950 most common boys' name of all time · #12,234 across all names · 64% male / 36% female · used 1989–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#4,950
Rank overall
#12,234 of 105,966
First appeared
1989
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
955
Since 2016
354
Peak year
2016 #3,498
Best rank
#3,498 2016
Girls
Boys
peak 45/yr
Brier first appears in 1989. 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 | 13 | 27 | 40 | #4,011 |
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #6,336 |
| 2023 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #6,068 |
| 2022 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #5,732 |
| 2021 | 13 | 27 | 40 | #3,966 |
| 2020 | 16 | 21 | 37 | #4,622 |
| 2019 | 13 | 25 | 38 | #4,182 |
| 2018 | 20 | 24 | 44 | #4,295 |
| 2017 | 14 | 26 | 40 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 13 | 32 | 45 | #3,498 |
| 2015 | 16 | 22 | 38 | #4,495 |
| 2014 | 16 | 22 | 38 | #4,474 |
| 2013 | 12 | 22 | 34 | #4,397 |
| 2012 | 9 | 28 | 37 | #3,782 |
| 2011 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2010 | 8 | 21 | 29 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 13 | 22 | 35 | #4,529 |
| 2008 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #4,843 |
| 2007 | 7 | 26 | 33 | #3,980 |
| 2006 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #5,687 |
| 2005 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #5,465 |
| 2004 | 8 | 21 | 29 | #4,231 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #4,975 |
| 2002 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #4,857 |
| 2001 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #5,913 |
| 2000 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #7,893 |
| 1999 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #7,589 |
| 1998 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #8,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #10,064 |
| 1996 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #4,582 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #5,835 |
| 1994 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #7,548 |
| 1993 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,322 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,253 |
| 1991 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #5,892 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | — |