Recorded 1990–2019 Girls' name Peak 2001 523 births

Brennah — girls' name

523 babies named Brennah in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s1912000s2362010s96
2000s
Peak decade

45% of everyone ever named Brennah was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

41 babies were named Brennah in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Brennah

The Social Security Administration has registered 523 babies named Brennah between 1990 and 2019, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brennah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brennah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 236 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Brennah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Brennah in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brennah 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 523 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.

Brennah at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

523

Since 1990

30 years of records

Peak year

2001

41 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1990

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2019

Brennah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1990

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2001)
41
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
01020304050 20192013200920052001199719931990 5

Brennah by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
236 births that decade — 45% of Brennah's all-time total
1990s1912000s2362010s96

Brennah by state

Where Brennah concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Brennah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 1.1%
#2 Ohio
6 1.1%
#3 Missouri
5 1.0%
#4 Pennsylvania
5 1.0%
California share of Brennah's total US births 1.1%
Even split

6 of 523 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Brennah?
523 babies have been named Brennah since 1990. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2001 with 41 births.
When was Brennah most popular?
Brennah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 236 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Brennah most popular?
The top states for the name Brennah are California (6 births), Ohio (6 births), Missouri (5 births).
How long has the name Brennah been used?
Brennah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 30 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Brennah?
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, 1990–2019 (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.