Briston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRIS-tun
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Briston is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Where does Briston come from?
Modern: modern coinage on the pattern of Kingston and Preston; also a Norfolk village name
Is Briston a girl's or a boy's name?
Briston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Briston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Briston, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Briston in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Briston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Briston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Boston, Daxton, Hudson, Easton, Jaxton, Kyson, Bryson, Kayson, Braxton, Jackson, Jaylen, Stetson
Names related to Briston
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Briston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/briston, updated 20 October 2026.