Girls' name · since 1992
Brene
40 babies named Brene in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,469 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 40 recorded since 1992.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brene has been recorded 40 times among girls since 1992, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2021.
- #37,469 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 40 born since 1992
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brene ranks #37,469 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 1992, peaking in the 1990s.
- #37,469 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brene's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brene splits its recorded history at 2000: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2021
- Peak year (1992)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Brene by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (17 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Brene's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Brene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 17 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Brene's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1992–2021 (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 Brene 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.