Girls' name · peaked in 2018

Brielle name popularity since 1925

49,835 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Brielle. Half of them were born in 2016 or earlier, so the typical Brielle is about 10 years old in 2026. Brielle peaked in 2018 as the #99 name for girls, and it ranked #143 in 2025.

Key facts

US babies since 1925
49,835
Named Brielle, 1925–2025
Peak year
2018
#99 for girls that year
Typical age
About 10
Median birth year 2016
In 2025
#143
for girls in 2025 (2,071 babies)
Girls / boys
100.0% girls
49,830 girls · 5 boys
Most popular in
Utah
2.84× its national share

Peak year is the year Brielle made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Brielle births per year, 1925–2025

Babies named Brielle per year, 1925–2025

2018 was the biggest year for Brielle both by count and as a share of all babies.

  • Fastest rise: Between 2006 and 2011, Brielle became 3.9× more common, from 1 in 2,760 baby girls to 1 in 703.

Shaded on the chart. This compares Brielle's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Brielle.

Decade by decade

Babies named Brielle in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade GirlsBoys Rank
1925–29 00 –
1930s 00 Under 5
1940s 00 Under 5
1950s 00 Under 5
1960s 00 Under 5
1970s 640 Under 5
1980s 6350 #1,835
1990s 2,8140 #743
2000s 6,5890 #463
2010s 26,0530 #128
2020–25 13,6755 #143

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.

Generation fingerprint

65.9% of babies named Brielle from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:

Brielle by generation Gen X born 1965–80 0.2% Millennials born 1981–96 4.8% Gen Z born 1997–2012 29.2% Gen Alpha born 2013–25 65.9%

Where Brielle is most popular

The index compares Brielle's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Brielle.

StateIndexBabies
Utah2.84×1,183
Nevada2.39×417
New Jersey2.37×3,200
Arizona2.02×1,283
Idaho1.88×367

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Brielle's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Brielle.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Brielle (2018).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data