girls' name ★ peaked 1996

Breanna

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #2,548 Trend ↓ Falling 53%

A female given name from the Celtic languages, of American usage, variant of Brianna.

Rank 2025
#2,548
among girls · ↓721 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
69
named Breanna · -37% vs 2024
How common
1 in 23,294
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1996
4,701 babies
All-time total
82,440
#435 all-time among girls
First recorded
1965
in Social Security records

Breanna popularity over time

82,440 babies have been named Breanna since 1965, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s 5 – 5 1 – #6,627
1970s 486 – 486 49 +9620% #804
1980s 7,388 11 7,399 740 +1422% #163
1990s 40,026 30 40,056 4,006 +441% #74
2000s 28,029 24 28,053 2,805 -30% #80
2010s 5,677 – 5,677 568 -80% #250
2020s (to 2025) 764 – 764 127 -78% #1,183

Where Breanna is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 60 0.04 outside top 500
2027 54 0.03 outside top 500
2028 49 0.03 outside top 500
2029 45 0.03 outside top 500
2030 42 0.03 outside top 500

Where Breanna is most popular

Girls named Breanna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.070 per 1,000. Strongest in California, Florida, and Ohio.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Breanna born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
California 83 0.099 +41%
Florida 37 0.086 +24%
Ohio 20 0.084 +20%
Texas 59 0.073 +5%
Virginia 12 0.070 ≈ national
Washington 10 0.069 ≈ national
Tennessee 10 0.063 -10%
Georgia 13 0.057 -18%
Louisiana 5 0.057 -18%
Pennsylvania 12 0.051 -28%
Indiana 5 0.036 -49%
New York 12 0.030 -57%
Michigan 5 0.027 -61%
North Carolina 5 0.022 -69%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Illinois – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Minnesota – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Jersey – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Breanna

Breanna is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,548 in 2025 with 69 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1965, 82,440 American babies have been named Breanna. Its peak came in 1996, when 4,701 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1990s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Breanna stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Breanna?

The median living Breanna is about 27 years old; half are between 21 and 32. An estimated 81 thousand people named Breanna are alive in the United States today.

median 27 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Breanna year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 69 #2,548 – –
2024 110 #1,827 – –
2023 119 #1,726 – –
2022 126 #1,670 – –
2021 144 #1,485 – –
2020 196 #1,183 – –
2019 209 #1,150 – –
2018 249 #1,035 – –
2017 285 #928 – –
2016 363 #783 – –
2015 429 #665 – –
2014 459 #625 – –
2013 592 #509 – –
2012 778 #398 – –
2011 1,027 #308 – –
2010 1,286 #250 – –
2009 1,583 #204 – –
2008 1,978 #168 – –
2007 2,497 #138 – –
2006 2,769 #126 – –
2005 2,640 #124 – –
2004 2,898 #115 19 #4,442
2003 3,272 #105 – –
2002 3,198 #104 – –
2001 3,368 #94 – –
2000 3,826 #80 5 #10,565
1995 4,527 #76 7 #7,080
1990 2,951 #113 – –
1985 673 #347 – –
1980 290 #628 – –
1975 32 #2,461 – –
1970 6 #7,145 – –
1965 5 #6,627 – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Breanna

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Breanna Stewart Breanna Stewart American basketball player (born 1994) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Breanna, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Breanna?

The median living Breanna is about 27 years old. Half of all living Breannas are between 21 and 32 years old.

How many people named Breanna are alive today?

An estimated 81 thousand people named Breanna are alive in the United States, based on 82,440 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Breanna mean?

A female given name from the Celtic languages, of American usage, variant of Brianna.

How popular is the name Breanna in 2025?

Breanna ranked #2,548 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 69 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Breanna?

82,440 babies have been named Breanna in the United States since 1965, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Breanna most popular?

Breanna peaked in 1996, when 4,701 newborns received the name.

Is Breanna a boy or girl name?

Breanna is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Breanna rising or falling?

Breanna is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Breanna become more popular?

Breanna is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 42 girls named Breanna in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Breanna?

Well-known people named Breanna include Breanna Stewart (basketball player).

Names like Breanna

Names that sound and feel close to Breanna: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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