Girls' name · since 1998
Brenia
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Brenia, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #48,459 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Brenia since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Brenia has 16 recorded births among girls since 1998, 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 1998 to 2006.
- #48,459 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brenia ranks #48,459 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #48,459 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brenia's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brenia's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2006
- Peak year (2005)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Brenia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2000s was Brenia's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Brenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1998–2006 (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 Brenia 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.