Given name

Briah

Briah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Briah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Briah through the years

Babies since 1880
794
0 boys · 794 girls
Most popular year
1997
35 babies
2025
12
#8,451 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−25%
Easing
010203020002025Highest share 19977.5
Briah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1982–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,451 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 25.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 637 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Briah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Breneshia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Breanne

“from the high hill; one who ascends”

13Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Breeonna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tyania

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Dashia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kyia

16Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Brucha

16Very rareRising

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Briah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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