How Many People Are Named Brien?
people named Brien are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 110,897 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,593 babies named Brien in Social Security records from 1925 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
99 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Brien (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brien alive today is about 47 years old, and 58% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brien first appears in the records in 1925 and was given most often in 1963, to 99 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1925 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brien has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #767, in 1963. In 2025 it ranked #9,860.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,860 |
| Best rank | #767 (1963) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #823 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brien alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brien were born in California than in any other state: about 271 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brien was given 3 times as often in California, 2.3 times in New York and 1.5 times in Michigan.
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