Girls' name · since 1965
Breanna
82,375 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.
- #435 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,549 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 82,375
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
Breanna currently ranks #2549 among girls' names in America, with 82,375 babies recorded since 1965.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Breanna has been recorded 82,375 times among girls since 1965, currently ranked #2549 nationally and more common than 85% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2025.
- #435 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,549 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 82,375 born since 1965
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Breanna ranks #435 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,549 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 82,375 born since 1965, peaking in the 1990s.
- #435 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,549 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 82,375
- born since 1965
- 1990s
- peak decade
Breanna's 82,375 recorded births place it above 99.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Breanna compares
82,375 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Breanna's all-time total is 219x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Breanna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 82,375 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 4,701 | 21 | 19,840 |
Breanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Breanna's full recorded timeline at 1997, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 4,701 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Breanna popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 4,701
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Breanna popularity over time - boys
65 total births recorded since 1988 (Breanna as boys' name)
Breanna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (40,026 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Breanna's strongest decade.
40,026 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Breanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 486
1970s
486 births
- 1980s 7,388
1980s
7,388 births
- 1990s
1990s
40,026 births
- 2000s
2000s
28,029 births
- 2010s 5,677
2010s
5,677 births
- 2020s 764
2020s
764 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 40,026 births (49% of all-time use).
How Breanna 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 Breanna's total volume
Breanna by state
Where Breanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11,302 | 13.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6,211 | 7.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 3,714 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 3,645 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 3,318 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 3,177 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 2,839 | 3.4% |
| #8 | New York | | 2,834 | 3.4% |
11,302 of 82,375 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Breanna appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Breanna's data
- Breanna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (40,026 total births); usage has since declined to 764 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Breannas (11,302 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 Breanna: 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 (~60 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, 1965–2025 (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 Breanna 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.