Bryana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bree-AN-a
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Bryana is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Bryana mean?
Irish: spelling of Brianna, a feminine form of Brian
A spelling of Brianna, a feminine form of the Irish name Brian.
Is Bryana a girl's or a boy's name?
Bryana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bryana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 6 girls.
Bryana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
How popular is Bryana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,459th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Bryana, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 292 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Bryana in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,416 girls in the US were given Bryana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #248, up from #4,459 for this spelling alone.
Bryana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,170 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 45 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,773 |
| 2014 | 81 | #2,290 |
| 2013 | 95 | #2,032 |
| 2012 | 119 | #1,733 |
| 2011 | 124 | #1,690 |
| 2010 | 151 | #1,489 |
| 2009 | 187 | #1,292 |
| 2008 | 202 | #1,242 |
| 2007 | 233 | #1,109 |
| 2006 | 233 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 240 | #1,015 |
| 2004 | 232 | #1,015 |
| 2003 | 236 | #981 |
| 2002 | 274 | #843 |
| 2001 | 250 | #905 |
| 2000 | 239 | #912 |
| 1999 | 251 | #858 |
| 1998 | 263 | #808 |
| 1997 | 292 | #728 |
| 1996 | 259 | #796 |
| 1995 | 250 | #793 |
| 1994 | 251 | #804 |
| 1993 | 240 | #824 |
| 1992 | 189 | #997 |
| 1991 | 193 | #971 |
| 1990 | 144 | #1,182 |
| 1989 | 110 | #1,370 |
| 1988 | 77 | #1,670 |
| 1987 | 60 | #1,898 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,951 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,927 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,148 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,515 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Nicknames for Bryana
- Bree 15 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Bryana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Brianna, Kiara, Cassidy, Caoimhe, Cliodhna, Bree, Teagan, Aoibheann, Sienna, Briana, Raegan
Other spellings of Bryana
Names related to Bryana
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Bryana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bryana, updated 20 October 2026.