Brisa
Brisa is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Brisa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Brisa is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Brisa
American parents first put Brisa on the record books as a baby girl name in 1974, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 653 Brisas were born — ranking #464 that year. About 50% of every Brisa on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Brisa ranks #1,882 for baby girls with 106 births, gradually falling (-6%). All told, over 9K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Brisa
Brisa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 9K births in the dataset. Brisa's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #464. Use the chart and map above to compare Brisa'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.