Brianna
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning high or noble; feminine form of Brian.
How Brianna has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #82 |
| 2016 | #98 |
| 2017 | #123 |
| 2018 | #132 |
| 2019 | #147 |
| 2020 | #146 |
| 2021 | #184 |
| 2022 | #171 |
| 2023 | #152 |
| 2024 | #181 |
| 2025 | #222 |
Brianna by the numbers
In 2025, 75 babies in England and Wales were named Brianna. In the US, 2,509 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 12,878 babies in 2000, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 150 American girls born that year was called Brianna.
Other names that come from Brian
Like Brianna, each of these traces back to Brian: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Bryanhigh, noble; a form of Brian1,827 in the US (2017)
- Brianhigh, noble1,763 in the US (2017)
- Brayannoble; high; variant of Brian346 in the US (2017)
- Breonnoble or high; a form of Brian50 in the US (2017)
- Brionnoble or high; a form of Brian16 in the US (2017)
- Briannstrong or noble; variant of Brian14 in the US (2017)
- Brianihigh; noble; a form of Brian8 in the US (2017)
- Brianthigh; noble; a form of Brian8 in the US (2017)
Names that come from Brianna
Forms of Brianna in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Breannenoble, high; a form of Brianna38 in the US (2017)
- Briennea form of Brianna; possibly from Celtic roots meaning high or noble34 in the US (2017)
- Brianninoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
- Briyanoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
- Briyananoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
- Briyannanoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
- Breeananoble; a form of Brianna
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brianna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Brianahigh or noble; a form of Brian676 in the US (2017)
- Breannanoble, high; a form of Brianna283 in the US (2017)
- Bryannanoble; strong; feminine form of Brian188 in the US (2017)
- Briannestrong, noble; feminine form of Brien50 in the US (2017)
- Brionnanoble or exalted; a form of Brianna25 in the US (2017)
- Briandanoble, high; a form of Brianna17 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Brianna
Names that are said the same way as Brianna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Bryanastrong; noble; a form of Bryan45 in the US (2017)
- Brieannastrong or noble; feminine form of Brian14 in the US (2017)
- Briahnanoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
- Brionanoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
- Bryonnahigh, noble; feminine form of Brian6 in the US (2017)
- Brianahnoble, strong; a form of Brian5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Brianna, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
- Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Brianna
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