Girls' name · since 1979
Breianna
Breianna has 435 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,842 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 435
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
435 girls have been named Breianna since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Breianna has 435 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1979 to 2012.
- #12,842 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 435 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Breianna ranks #12,842 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 435 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,842 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 435
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Breianna's 435 recorded births place it above 82.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
Breianna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Breianna's full recorded timeline at 1999, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Breianna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2012
- Peak year (1995)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Breianna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (245 births, 56% of the file).
1990s was Breianna's strongest decade.
245 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Breianna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
245 births
- 2000s
2000s
134 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 245 births (56% of all-time use).
Breianna by state
Where Breianna concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 435 births nationwide.
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What to do with Breianna's data
- Breianna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (245 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Breiannas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Breianna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1979–2012 (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 Breianna 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.