Breana — #10443 US girls' name
11,208 babies named Breana in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
53% of everyone ever named Breana was born in this single decade.
698 babies were named Breana in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Breana
The Social Security Administration has registered 11,208 babies named Breana between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Breana currently holds the #10443 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 698 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Breana performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 5,924 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Breana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,983 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Breana in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Breana 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 11,208 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.
Breana at a glance
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Current rank
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Breana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (1996)
- 698
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #10443 among girls.
11,208 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 698 births in a single year.
Breana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 5,924 births that decade — 53% of Breana's all-time total
Breana decade highlights
- Peak decade 5,924 births
- Runner-up 3,371 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Breana's strongest decade
5,924 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Breana by state
Where Breana concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,983 | 17.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 896 | 8.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 522 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 425 | 3.8% |
| #5 | New York | | 414 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 410 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 388 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 385 | 3.4% |
1,983 of 11,208 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 17.7% of nationwide
- Texas 8.0% of nationwide
- Florida 4.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.8% of nationwide
- New York 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 42 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Breana appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1973–2024 (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.