Girls' name · since 1974
Breann
Breann has 5,816 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,177 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,816
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Breann is the #11177 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,816 recorded since 1974.
Breann has 5,816 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11177 as of the latest data, more common than 35% 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 1974 to 2025.
- #2,321 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,177 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,816 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Breann ranks #2,321 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,177 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,816 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,177 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,816
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Breann's 5,816 recorded births place it above 96.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Breann compares
5,816 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Breann's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Breann | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,816 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 299 | 21 | 19,840 |
Breann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Breann splits its recorded history at 2000: 28% of all births land in the more recent half, 72% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 299 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Breann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 299
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Breann by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,557 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Breann's strongest decade.
2,557 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Breann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 157
1970s
157 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,495 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,557 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,203 births
- 2010s 358
2010s
358 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,557 births (44% of all-time use).
How Breann 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 Breann's total volume
Breann by state
Where Breann concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 747 | 12.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 389 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 245 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 242 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 239 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 211 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Utah | | 208 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 176 | 3.0% |
747 of 5,816 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Breann appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Breann's data
- Breann's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,557 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Breanns (747 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 Breann: 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 (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Breann 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.