Brie
Brie is both a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Brie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Brie is both a feminine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Brie
Brie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1972, with 12 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1980: 110 births, good for #1,197 nationwide. The 1980s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 24% of all recorded Bries. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #5,377 among baby girl names with 23 births, falling sharply (-53%). In total, more than 3K Bries have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Brie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Brie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Brie
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About the name Brie
Brie is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Brie's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #1,197. Use the chart and map above to compare Brie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.