Recorded 1971–2025 · United States
Briar was most popular in 2025, when 1,175 American babies were given the name — ranking #563 that year. In 2025 it ranked #563, with 1,175 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 13,349 people named Briar.
Briar first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1971, which makes it about 54 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 54 of the 55 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 13,349 American births named Briar between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 13,221 are estimated to be alive today.
1,175 American babies were named Briar in 2025, ranking #563 that year.
Briar is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 999 births a year, against 348 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +187% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Briar is a unisex name — 52.4% of the 13,349 Americans given it were girls and 47.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2015 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 62% girls and 38% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 13,221 Americans named Briar are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 7 years old, and half are between 4 and 14. That is a narrow band because Briar is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org