Given name
Briahna
“from the high hill; one who ascends”
In English use, Briahna has a related form in Brianna. In Irish use, Brianna carries the interpretation “from the high hill; one who ascends.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Briahna has a related form in Brianna. In Irish use, Brianna carries the interpretation “from the high hill; one who ascends.”
Explained through its name family
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
Briahna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,162
- 0 boys · 1,162 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 82 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 82 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 979 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.
Briahna’s family of names
In English usage, Briahna has a related form in Brianna.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Briahna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.