Breyana — girls' name
1,100 babies named Breyana in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Breyana was born in this single decade.
70 babies were named Breyana in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Breyana
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,100 babies named Breyana between 1984 and 2017, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Breyana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 70 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Breyana performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 526 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Breyana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 56 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Breyana in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Breyana 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 1,100 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.
Breyana at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Breyana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1984
- Peak year (1994)
- 70
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
1,100 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 70 births in a single year.
Breyana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 526 births that decade — 48% of Breyana's all-time total
Breyana decade highlights
- Peak decade 526 births
- Runner-up 443 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Breyana's strongest decade
526 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Breyana by state
Where Breyana concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 56 | 5.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 42 | 3.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 38 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 36 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 31 | 2.8% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 16 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 16 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 16 | 1.5% |
56 of 1,100 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.1% of nationwide
- New York 3.8% of nationwide
- Florida 3.5% of nationwide
- Texas 3.3% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Breyana appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1984–2017 (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.