Brier Popularity by Year

Follow Brier across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Brier birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Complete year-by-year record

YearCategoryBirthsRankChange from previous recorded year
2025Boys27#3,949Up 2,250 places
2025Girls13#7,885Up 2,386 places
2024Boys14#6,199Down 272 places
2024Girls9#10,271Up 41 places
2023Boys15#5,927Down 294 places
2023Girls9#10,312Up 1,931 places
2022Boys16#5,633Down 1,721 places
2022Girls7#12,243Down 4,219 places
2021Boys27#3,912Up 628 places
2021Girls13#8,024Down 1,101 places
2020Boys21#4,540Down 426 places
2020Girls16#6,923Up 1,215 places
2019Boys25#4,114Up 112 places
2019Girls13#8,138Down 2,128 places
2018Boys24#4,226Down 233 places
2018Girls20#6,010Up 1,830 places
2017Boys26#3,993Down 552 places
2017Girls14#7,840Up 553 places
2016Boys32#3,441Up 966 places
2016Girls13#8,393Down 1,127 places
2015Boys22#4,407Down 15 places
2015Girls16#7,266Up 36 places
2014Boys22#4,392Down 79 places
2014Girls16#7,302Up 1,734 places
2013Boys22#4,313Down 599 places
2013Girls12#9,036Up 2,221 places
2012Boys28#3,714Up 945 places
2012Girls9#11,257Up 896 places
2011Boys20#4,659Down 142 places
2011Girls8#12,153Up 123 places
2010Boys21#4,517Down 88 places
2010Girls8#12,276Down 3,388 places
2009Boys22#4,429Up 285 places
2009Girls13#8,888Up 3,691 places
2008Boys20#4,714Down 821 places
2008Girls8#12,579Up 1,345 places
2007Boys26#3,893Up 1,632 places
2007Girls7#13,924Up 3,244 places
2006Boys15#5,525Down 247 places
2006Girls5#17,168Down 5,334 places
2005Boys15#5,278Down 1,149 places
2005Girls8#11,834Down 210 places
2004Boys21#4,129Up 686 places
2004Girls8#11,624Up 4,160 places
2003Boys16#4,815Down 112 places
2003Girls5#15,784Down 4,676 places
2002Boys16#4,703Up 964 places
2002Girls8#11,108Down 1,006 places
2001Boys12#5,667Up 1,749 places
2001Girls9#10,102Down 1,568 places
2000Boys8#7,416Down 277 places
2000Girls11#8,534Up 5,877 places
1999Boys8#7,139Up 421 places
1999Girls5#14,411Down 6,395 places
1998Boys7#7,560Up 1,705 places
1998Girls11#8,016Up 318 places
1997Boys5#9,265Down 4,869 places
1997Girls10#8,334Up 3,473 places
1996Boys14#4,396Up 1,105 places
1996Girls6#11,807Down 1,293 places
1995Boys10#5,501Up 1,467 places
1995Girls7#10,514Down 2,392 places
1994Boys7#6,968Down 1,966 places
1994Girls10#8,122Up 3,387 places
1993Boys11#5,002Up 1,668 places
1992Boys7#6,670Down 1,149 places
1991Boys9#5,521
1991Girls6#11,509Down 100 places
1990Girls6#11,409Up 953 places
1989Girls5#12,362