Brier
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Brier is a name of English origin, meaning “thorny shrub”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Brier mean?
English: English word
“thorny shrub”
From the English word for a thorny bush such as the wild rose, also spelled briar.
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Is Brier a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Brier has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 27 boys in the US.
How popular is Brier in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Brier, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991. 13 girls were also named Brier in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Brier in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 915 boys in the US were given Brier or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #371, up from #3,948 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 33% of the babies named Brier in the US were girls.
Brier in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
Names like Brier
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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