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How popular is the name Briony?
Births per year, rank history and how many Brionies are alive today.
Briony (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Bryony in England and Wales, ranked 3705th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1997, when 101 babies were given the name, the 336th most popular that year. It has declined since 1997; the 2025 figure is roughly 6% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Bryony you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Bryonies born in England and Wales are between 24 and 34, and there are at least 7,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Bryony.
How many babies are named Briony each year?
Includes all spellings: Briony, Bryony. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Briony spelling rank?
Where does the Bryony spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Briony most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Bryony, peaked in 1996, when 461 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Briony spelling itself peaked in 1997, with 101 babies.
How many people are called Briony?
At least 7,400 people named Briony in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Briony?
Most living Brionies are between 24 and 34; the most common age is about 30.
Is Briony becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.