Meaning and history
Briar is a name derived from the English word for the thorny plant.
20062006: 53 births, rank #3,136
2007: 73 births, rank #2,541
2008: 51 births, rank #3,267
2009: 72 births, rank #2,568
2010: 70 births, rank #2,589
20112011: 104 births, rank #1,909
2012: 108 births, rank #1,859
2013: 108 births, rank #1,866
2014: 158 births, rank #1,436
2015: 336 births, rank #835
20162016: 355 births, rank #801
2017: 397 births, rank #722
2018: 422 births, rank #687
2019: 529 births, rank #578
2020: 519 births, rank #567
20212021: 597 births, rank #516
2022: 579 births, rank #534
2023: 550 births, rank #549
2024: 589 births, rank #522
20252025: 778 births, rank #400
Briar rose from #522 to #400 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 778.