Brinley
Brinley is a given name and a surname meaning 'burned clearing’. Notable people with the name include:
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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The Story of Brinley
Brinley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1987, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 1,000 Brinleys were born — ranking #328 that year. As of 2026, Brinley ranks #636 for baby girls with 471 births, falling sharply (-36%). In total, more than 14K Brinleys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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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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