Breiana — girls' name
315 babies named Breiana in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Breiana was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Breiana in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Breiana
The Social Security Administration has registered 315 babies named Breiana between 1988 and 2010, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Breiana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Breiana performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Breiana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Breiana in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Breiana 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 315 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.
Breiana at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Breiana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1988
- Peak year (1994)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
315 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 26 births in a single year.
Breiana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 173 births that decade — 55% of Breiana's all-time total
Breiana decade highlights
- Peak decade 173 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Breiana's strongest decade
173 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Breiana by state
Where Breiana concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 3.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.6% |
10 of 315 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.2% of nationwide
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1988–2010 (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.