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“Variant of Brian — Irish, from Old Breton Brient; possibly 'noble, high, or valiant'” — Irish, ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin
Girl's name · #661 in the US (2025) · 90s
Briana reached #68 in 1994 and has faded to #661 since. About 97,000 girls have carried it since 1950. Together with its spelling variant Brianna (#222), Briana would rank around #171 with about 1,800 births last year — the newborns split about 76/24 between Brianna and Briana.
Around the world: about 1 in 1,200 girls in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 6,000 girls in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 7,300 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 33 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 121 notable people named Briana:
Sports figures appear 2.84× more often than among typical names — e.g. Briana Scurry, American soccer player.
Similar names: Brianna · Cassidy · Britney · Tiana · Kyla · Ariana
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