Brienna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bree-EN-ah
- Origin
- Irish
Brienna is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “high, noble”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Brienna mean?
Irish: variant of Brianna, a feminine form of Brian
“high, noble”
Is Brienna a girl's or a boy's name?
Brienna is a girls' name.
How popular is Brienna in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Brienna in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brienna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,122 |
| 2009 | 42 | #3,736 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 51 | #3,223 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,837 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 57 | #2,589 |
| 1999 | 68 | #2,202 |
| 1998 | 71 | #2,063 |
| 1997 | 72 | #1,980 |
| 1996 | 65 | #2,103 |
| 1995 | 61 | #2,184 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,900 |
| 1993 | 60 | #2,190 |
| 1992 | 78 | #1,826 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,513 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,635 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 53 | #2,147 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,232 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Brienna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brianna Cassidy Mckenna Teagan Brenna Brynn Kiara Briana Devyn Breanna Bryanna Kennedy
Names related to Brienna
More Irish names
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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, “Brienna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brienna, updated 20 October 2026.