Mostly girls
Adaline
Variation of Adeline, English
“noble”
Unisex · English
Briar
“a thorny patch”
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The story behind the name
Meet Briar.
US birth records for 2025 list 778 girls named Briar (rank #400) and 397 boys named Briar (rank #686).
For girls, the recorded count rose from 589 in 2024 to 778 in 2025. For boys, the recorded count rose from 387 in 2024 to 397 in 2025.
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How popular is Briar?
Girls · 2025#400778 recorded births
Boys · 2025#686397 recorded births
Recorded US births over time
● Girls● Boys
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| Year | Category | US rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 686 | 397 |
| 2025 | Girls | 400 | 778 |
| 2024 | Boys | 698 | 387 |
| 2024 | Girls | 522 | 589 |
| 2023 | Boys | 671 | 405 |
| 2023 | Girls | 549 | 550 |
| 2022 | Boys | 741 | 347 |
| 2022 | Girls | 534 | 579 |
| 2021 | Boys | 714 | 364 |
| 2021 | Girls | 516 | 597 |
| 2020 | Boys | 757 | 318 |
| 2020 | Girls | 567 | 519 |
| 2019 | Boys | 775 | 302 |
| 2019 | Girls | 578 | 529 |
| 2018 | Boys | 810 | 278 |
| 2018 | Girls | 687 | 422 |
| 2017 | Boys | 882 | 244 |
| 2017 | Girls | 722 | 397 |
| 2016 | Boys | 1,008 | 203 |
| 2016 | Girls | 801 | 355 |
| 2015 | Boys | 1,006 | 203 |
| 2015 | Girls | 836 | 336 |
| 2014 | Boys | 1,008 | 203 |
| 2014 | Girls | 1,437 | 158 |
Rankings are calculated separately for boys and girls. Records below the publication threshold may be missing; gaps are not zero births.
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Nicknames
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Variations & related forms
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