Brenae — #15834 US girls' name
555 babies named Brenae in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Brenae was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Brenae in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brenae
The Social Security Administration has registered 555 babies named Brenae between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brenae currently holds the #15834 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brenae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 212 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Brenae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Brenae in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brenae 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 555 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.
Brenae at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brenae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1985
- Peak year (1997)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #15834 among girls.
555 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 30 births in a single year.
Brenae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 212 births that decade — 38% of Brenae's all-time total
Brenae decade highlights
- Peak decade 212 births
- Runner-up 182 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Brenae's strongest decade
212 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Brenae by state
Where Brenae concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 31 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 0.9% |
31 of 555 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.6% of nationwide
- Florida 0.9% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.6% 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, 1985–2024 (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.