Girls' name · since 1978
Breonna
5,169 babies named Breonna in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,202 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,169
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Breonna is the #11202 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,169 recorded since 1978.
Breonna has 5,169 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11202 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #2,511 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,202 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,169 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Breonna ranks #2,511 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,202 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,169 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #2,511 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,202 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,169
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Breonna's 5,169 recorded births place it above 96.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Ohio.
How Breonna compares
5,169 Top 14% higher than 86% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Breonna's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Breonna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,169 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 280 | 21 | 19,840 |
Breonna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Breonna splits its recorded history at 2002: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 280 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Breonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 280
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Breonna by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (2,301 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Breonna's strongest decade.
2,301 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Breonna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s 241
1980s
241 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,301 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,029 births
- 2010s 475
2010s
475 births
- 2020s 109
2020s
109 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 2,301 births (45% of all-time use).
How Breonna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Breonna's total volume
Breonna by state
Where Breonna concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 302 | 5.8% |
| #2 | California | | 287 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 283 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 255 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Texas | | 233 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 231 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 201 | 3.9% |
| #8 | New York | | 176 | 3.4% |
302 of 5,169 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Breonna appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Breonna's data
- Breonna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (2,301 total births); usage has since declined to 109 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Breonnas (302 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Breonna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Breonna 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.