Girls' name · since 1985
Brettney
Brettney has 121 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,004 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 121
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
121 girls have been named Brettney since 1985, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Brettney has 121 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1985 to 1999.
- #25,004 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 121 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brettney ranks #25,004 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 121 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #25,004 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 121
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brettney's 121 recorded births place it above 65.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brettney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brettney's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brettney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1999
- Peak year (1985)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Brettney by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (75 births, 62% of the file).
1990s was Brettney's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Brettney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
75 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 75 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brettney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1985–1999 (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 Brettney 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.