Girls' name · since 1973
Breana
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 11,224 babies named Breana, peaking in 1996. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,548 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,014 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,224
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
11,224 babies have been named Breana since 1973, making it today's #8014 girls' name.
Breana has 11,224 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8014 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #1,548 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,014 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11,224 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Breana ranks #1,548 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,014 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11,224 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,548 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,014 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,224
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Breana's 11,224 recorded births place it above 97.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Breana compares
11,224 Top 9% higher than 91% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Breana's all-time total is 30x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Breana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,224 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 698 | 21 | 19,840 |
Breana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Breana's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 698, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Breana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 698
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Breana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (5,925 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Breana's strongest decade.
5,925 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Breana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 150
1970s
150 births
- 1980s 1,130
1980s
1,130 births
- 1990s
1990s
5,925 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,371 births
- 2010s 567
2010s
567 births
- 2020s 81
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5,925 births (53% of all-time use).
How Breana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Breana's total volume
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 | Ohio | | 415 | 3.7% |
| #6 | New York | | 414 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 388 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 385 | 3.4% |
1,983 of 11,224 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Breana appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Breana's data
- Breana's decade-level peak was the 1990s (5,925 total births); usage has since declined to 81 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Breanas (1,983 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Breana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Breana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.