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How popular is the name Brinley?
Births per year, rank history and how many Brinleys are alive today.
Brinley (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Brynley in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2015, when 14 babies were given the name, the 1673rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2015; the 2025 figure is roughly 29% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Brynley you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Brynleys born in England and Wales are between 10 and 22, and there are at least 430 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Brynley - on average, only one in every 705 such rooms contains a Brynley.
How many babies are named Brinley each year?
Includes all spellings: Brinley, Brynley. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Brinley spelling rank?
Where does the Brynley 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 Brinley most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Brynley, peaked in 2015, when 29 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Brinley spelling itself peaked in 2015, with 14 babies.
How many people are called Brinley?
At least 430 people named Brinley in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Brinley?
Most living Brinleys are between 10 and 22; the most common age is about 12.
Is Brinley becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2015 peak.