Is Briseis a boy or girl name?

Briseis is a girl’s name. Of the 1,376 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Briseis

Recorded 2000–2025 · United States

Briseis was most popular in 2006, when 100 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,465 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,389, with 23 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,376 people named Briseis.

Briseis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Briseis’s peak in 2006. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Briseis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Briseis is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,376 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Briseis

Where Briseis is most concentrated

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