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Briar Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Briar?

The less frequently given name Briar was the 687th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 1000 contender has seen rankings outside of the top 1000.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #687 for the first time this year with 420 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Briar was less than 5, most recently in 1983.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Briar occurred roughly during the years 1990-1993, 1994-1997, 2004-2007, and 2008-2017.

Sometimes the name Briar has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Briar popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at or near its highest point.

Briar's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Briar lately has risen dramatically.

The name Briar still has a solid footing and will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Briar (Girl)Briar (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 420 687 277 807
2017 397 720 244 878
2016 354 803 202 1,006
2015 334 837 203 1,003
2014 157 1,444 203 1,008
2013 108 1,865 161 1,126
2012 108 1,858 189 1,028
2011 103 1,926 172 1,081
2010 70 2,588 173 1,105
2009 72 2,569 138 1,273
2008 51 3,271 152 1,176
2007 73 2,542 139 1,261
2006 53 3,136 132 1,261
2005 30 4,499 117 1,303
2004 37 3,833 125 1,217
2003 43 3,358 132 1,142
2002 34 3,820 101 1,316
2001 38 3,497 107 1,243
2000 35 3,673 101 1,282
1999 29 3,989 67 1,605
1998 31 3,743 59 1,721
1997 29 3,827 72 1,480
1996 22 4,610 83 1,315
1995 15 6,006 106 1,103
1994 22 4,539 81 1,296
1993 23 4,404 54 1,639
1992 19 5,079 59 1,510
1991 15 5,983 92 1,147
1990 7 10,340 43 1,813
1989 11 7,020 < 5 --
1988 8 8,484 < 5 --
1987 8 8,085 < 5 --
1986 5 11,098 < 5 --
1985 5 10,859 < 5 --
1984 12 5,577 < 5 --
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1982 8 7,558 5 6,484
1981 11 5,921 < 5 --
1980 7 8,262 5 6,367
1979 7 8,130 < 5 --
1978 8 7,020 < 5 --
1977 7 7,634 7 4,644
1976 8 6,685 6 4,993
1975 5 9,225 8 3,988
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.