How Many People Are Named Briel?
An estimated 701 people in the United States have the first name Briel. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Briel peaked in popularity in 2012 with 39 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Briel as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Briel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
701
About 1 in 488,951 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2012
39 births
Total Registered
712
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Briel
Briel is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 712 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Briel as a female name
Ranked #10,391 in 2024
9 female births in 2024
Peak: 2012 (39 births)
Briel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Briel span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 290 babies were registered. Briel has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Briel by Decade
How has Briel tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Briel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Briel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Briel
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Briel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Briel?
We estimate approximately 701 people named Briel are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 488,951 Americans share this first name.
Is Briel a common name?
Briel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 87.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 712 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Briel most popular?
Briel reached peak popularity in 2012, when 39 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Briel is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Briel a female name?
Briel is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Briel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Briel Smith, Briel Johnson, Briel Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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