Recorded 1988–2018 Girls' name Peak 2004 51 births

Breina — girls' name

51 babies named Breina in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s62000s202010s20
2000s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Breina was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

9 babies were named Breina in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Breina

The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Breina between 1988 and 2018, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Breina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Breina performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Breina shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Breina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Breina 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 51 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.

Breina at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

51

Since 1988

31 years of records

Peak year

2004

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1988

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2018

Breina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1988

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2004)
9
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
45678910 20182014201120062004200219961988 5

Breina by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
20 births that decade — 39% of Breina's all-time total
1980s51990s62000s202010s20

Breina by state

Where Breina concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Breina
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 9.8%
New York share of Breina's total US births 9.8%

5 of 51 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Breina?
51 babies have been named Breina since 1988. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2004 with 9 births.
When was Breina most popular?
Breina was most popular in the 2000s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Breina most popular?
The top states for the name Breina are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Breina been used?
Breina has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 31 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Breina?
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.

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, 1988–2018 (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.