Unisex name · since 1989
Brenn
78 babies named Brenn in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brenn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 78 recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brenn has been recorded 78 times among girls since 1989, 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 1989 to 2024.
- #29,856 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 78 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brenn ranks #29,856 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 78 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #29,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brenn's 78 recorded births place it above 58.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brenn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brenn's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brenn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2024
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Brenn popularity over time - boys
76 total births recorded since 1980 (Brenn as boys' name)
Brenn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (25 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Brenn's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Brenn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 25 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Brenn's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (25 total births) through the 2020s (14) -- 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 Brenn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1989–2024 (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 Brenn 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.