Total births
37
Girls' name · since 1996
Breighanna
37 babies named Breighanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 37
- total births
- 1996–2002
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
37 girls have been named Breighanna since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Breighanna has 37 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2002.
- 37 total births
- 1996–2002 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 57% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
37 girls have been named Breighanna since 1996, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2002.
- 37
- total births
- 1996–2002
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
57% of everyone ever named Breighanna was born in this single decade.
1996
Single peak year
9 babies were named Breighanna in 1996 - its busiest year on record.
Breighanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Breighanna's full recorded timeline at 2000, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Breighanna at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
1996
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1996
Breighanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2002
- Peak year (1996)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Breighanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Breighanna's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Breighanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 21 births (57% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Breighanna? ▼
Breighanna has been given to 37 babies in the U.S. since 1996, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2002. 9 babies were born in 1996, its single highest year.
When was Breighanna most popular? ▼
Breighanna was most popular in the 2000s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
How long has the name Breighanna been used? ▼
Breighanna has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 7 years of data through 2002.
What names are similar to Breighanna? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brenda, Breanna, Brenna, Breana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1996–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Breighanna: Baby Name Since 1996 - 37 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/breighanna. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Breighanna 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 July 2026.