Branna — girls' name
137 babies named Branna in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Branna was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Branna in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Branna
The Social Security Administration has registered 137 babies named Branna between 1984 and 2016, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Branna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Branna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Branna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Branna 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 137 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.
Branna at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Branna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1984
- Peak year (1998)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
137 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 11 births in a single year.
Branna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 62 births that decade — 45% of Branna's all-time total
Branna decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Branna's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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, 1984–2016 (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.