Brana — girls' name
44 babies named Brana in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Brana was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Brana in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brana
The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Brana between 1966 and 2022, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brana performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Brana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 44 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Brana at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1966
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
44 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 7 births in a single year.
Brana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 12 births that decade — 27% of Brana's all-time total
Brana decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Brana's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.