Brion
Boy · BRY-on · Irish
Brion is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Brion mean?
Irish: spelling of Brian
A spelling of Brian; in Irish legend Brion was a half-brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages.
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Is Brion a girl's or a boy's name?
Brion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brion in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Brion, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1957, with 87 boys. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the boys named Brion in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,359 boys in the US were given Brion or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #174, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Brion in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 37 | #2,213 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,021 |
| 1994 | 47 | #1,817 |
| 1993 | 43 | #1,902 |
| 1992 | 40 | #1,976 |
| 1991 | 55 | #1,551 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 43 | #1,761 |
| 1988 | 36 | #1,844 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,693 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,773 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | 38 | #1,569 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,206 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,134 |
| 1977 | 54 | #1,198 |
| 1976 | 58 | #1,111 |
| 1975 | 69 | #984 |
| 1974 | 57 | #1,091 |
| 1973 | 70 | #962 |
| 1972 | 59 | #1,050 |
| 1971 | 60 | #1,047 |
| 1970 | 68 | #979 |
| 1969 | 71 | #903 |
| 1968 | 32 | #1,366 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,449 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,254 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,326 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,304 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,120 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,195 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,192 |
| 1959 | 69 | #918 |
| 1958 | 71 | #891 |
| 1957 | 87 | #802 |
| 1956 | 64 | #933 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,021 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,168 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,122 |
| 1952 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,138 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,312 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
Names like Brion
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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