Brinleigh
Brinleigh was the 3471st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 2271st with 82 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 577 places. More babies were named Brinleigh in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Brynleigh) Origin not documented
- Rank in 2025
- #3,471 girls, down 998 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 44girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201782 babies
- Total since 1880
- 914babies recorded
What does the name Brinleigh mean?
Brinleigh is a spelling of Brynleigh, pronounced the same way, so it shares Brynleigh's meaning and origin.
Brynleigh is a very recent American girls' name, recorded from 2001. It appears to join Bryn, a Welsh name from bryn, hill, with the -leigh ending used in many recent names. Wiktionary notes that bryn appears in several Welsh place names. No source documents the combination, so we do not give it a single meaning, though its first part carries the Welsh "hill."
How sure is this? Not documented. Modern blend; only the 'Bryn' element is documented.
Related names: Brynlee, Bryn, Brynn.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Bryn' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'bryn' (Welsh section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Brinleigh popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,471 | 44 |
| 2020 | #2,473 | 70 |
| 2010 | #5,449 | 25 |
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How popular is Brinleigh, counting every spelling?
Brinleigh is a spelling of Brynleigh, a name family that ranked #641 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,471 for Brinleigh on its own. Together these spellings went to 451 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brynleigh | 338 | #807 | 1,751 |
| Brynnleigh | 69 | #2,549 | 391 |
| Brinleigh | 44 | #3,471 | 295 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Brinleigh?
44 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brinleigh (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Brinleigh born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 191 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brinleigh.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brinleigh?
About 900 people born in the US named Brinleigh are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 5 and 12. That makes Brinleigh a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Brinleigh by state
How common Brinleigh was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Brinleigh: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brinleigh, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Brinleigh
How popular is the name Brinleigh?
Brinleigh was the 3471st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 2271st with 82 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 577 places. More babies were named Brinleigh in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Brinleigh a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Brinleigh in the US.
Where is Brinleigh most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brinleigh was most common in Kentucky (0.14 per 1,000 girls), followed by Indiana and Tennessee.