Given name & surname
Briana
“from the high hill; one who ascends”
In English use, Briana 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, Briana 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 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Briana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 97,326
- 206 boys · 97,120 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 5,020 babies
- 2025
- 431
- #661 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 431 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 661 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 5,000 in 1994. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (54). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 79,981 as a first name in 2020; 119 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Briana’s family of names
In English usage, Briana has a diminutive in Bria. In English usage, Briana has a related form in Brianna. In English usage, Briana has a related form in Brianna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Briannavariant · English
- Briashort form · English
- Bryannavariant · English
- Breannavariant · English
- Bryanavariant · English
- Briannevariant · English
- Breanavariant · English
- Breannvariant · English
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Breeequivalent
- Brieequivalent
- Rianaequivalent
- Brinaequivalent
- Brienneequivalent
- Brianeequivalent
- Brienaequivalent
- Brieneequivalent
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People named Briana
- Briana EviganAmerican actressborn 1986
- Briana ScurryAmerican soccer playerborn 1971
- Briana WilliamsJamaican athletics competitorborn 2002
- Briana CuocoAmerican actress and singerborn 1988
- B-FabAmerican professional wrestlerborn 1990
- Briana LaneAmerican actressborn 1985
- Briana ScottCanadian long-distance runnerborn 1990
- Briana De Souzaassociation football playerborn 1991
- Briana WhiteAmerican actressborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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