Brinley
Brinley is a given name and a surname meaning 'burned clearing’. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Brinley
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Brinley is a given name and a surname meaning 'burned clearing’. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Brinley
American parents first put Brinley on the record books as a baby girl name in 1987, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 1,000 Brinleys were born — ranking #328 that year. About 53% of every Brinley on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Brinley ranks #636 for baby girls with 471 births, falling sharply (-36%). All told, over 14K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Brinley
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About the name Brinley
Brinley is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 14K births in the dataset. Brinley's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #328. Use the chart and map above to compare Brinley'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 .
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