Breanna — #1825 US girls' name
82,301 babies named Breanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Breanna was born in this single decade.
4,701 babies were named Breanna in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Breanna
The Social Security Administration has registered 82,301 babies named Breanna between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Breanna currently holds the #1825 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 4,701 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Breanna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 40,026 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Breanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11,288 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Breanna in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Breanna 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 82,301 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.
Breanna at a glance
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Breanna popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1965
- Peak year (1996)
- 4,701
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
Currently ranks #1825 among girls.
82,301 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 4,701 births in a single year.
Breanna popularity over time — boys
65 total births recorded since 1988 (Breanna as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Breanna accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Breanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 40,026 births that decade — 49% of Breanna's all-time total
Breanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 40,026 births
- Runner-up 28,027 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Breanna's strongest decade
40,026 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Breanna by state
Where Breanna concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11,288 | 13.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6,205 | 7.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 3,715 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 3,644 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 3,318 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 3,177 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 2,838 | 3.4% |
| #8 | New York | | 2,834 | 3.4% |
11,288 of 82,301 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.7% of nationwide
- Texas 7.5% of nationwide
- Florida 4.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Breanna appears in 51 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, 1965–2024 (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.