Briah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BREE-a
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Briah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
Where does Briah come from?
Spelling of Bria; perhaps a short form of Briana
Meaning borrowed from Bria. More on Wiktionary.
Is Briah a girl's or a boy's name?
Briah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Briah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Briah, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Briah in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 264 girls in the US were given Briah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #898, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Briah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
Names like Briah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Brynn, Brooklyn, Brynlee, Braelynn, Brylee, Cassidy, Reagan, Devyn, Rowan, Kennedy, Mckenna
Other spellings of Briah
Names related to Briah
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Briah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/briah, updated 20 October 2026.