Brisa
Feminine · “breeze”
Brisa is the breeze in Spanish, and the word's own origin is unsettled — English, Spanish and French all borrowed it in the sixteenth century and none of them knows from where.
How old is the name Brisa?
Brisa first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Brisa alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 8,500 people named Brisa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Brisa most popular?
Brisa peaked in 2010, reaching #464 nationally. Today it ranks #1631, 1,167 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
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Where it comes from
From brisa to Brisa
The story of Brisa
Brisa entered Spanish-language naming in the twentieth century as a word-name, part of the same movement that gave Aurora, Estrella and Luz. It rose in Mexican and Mexican-American naming from the 1990s. Spanish-speaking families brought it to the United States, where it appears in the registers and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
breeze, light wind
From the Spanish brisa, 'breeze'. The word appears in Spanish, French, Italian and English within a few decades of each other in the sixteenth century, and its ultimate source is genuinely unrecovered — East Frisian, Basque and Old Spanish have all been proposed. The meaning is not in doubt.
How the name formed
- brisa
- Brisa
Related forms: Brisa · Brisa · Brezza
Pronouncing Brisa
BREE-sah
Two syllables, stress on the first. Spanish rolls the r lightly; English speakers usually do not.
Nicknames for Brisa
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1974
- Most girls named
- 2010653 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #464reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- +23.3%127 in 2025, from 103
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Brisa in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Brisa in Spanish — same name
- Brisa in Portuguese — same name
- Brezza in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Brisas among us
people named Brisa are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 12,656 born in 2025 was named Brisa
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Janae test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Brisa's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Janae climbed just as high around 1994, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Janae's path sketches the road Brisa is walking now.
Brisa is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Brisa is headed
Brisa should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Brisa beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Brisa in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The breeze meaning is concrete, transparent and undisputed to Spanish speakers.
- Bri and Isa are two short forms, both with real use.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The word's own ultimate origin is genuinely unrecovered.
- Brianna and Brisa are close enough in the Bri- clipping to cause confusion.
- It is an ordinary Spanish noun and reads as one.
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Feminine · #1631 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Brisas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 8,500 people named Brisa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Brisa in 2025?
- Brisa ranks #1631 among US girl names in 2025, with 127 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Brisa?
- About 1 in every 12,656 US girls born in 2025 was named Brisa — 127 in all.
- Will my child share the name Brisa with classmates?
- Brisa will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Brisa
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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