Recorded 1970–2015 Girls' name Peak 2006 216 births

Brietta — girls' name

216 babies named Brietta in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s281980s331990s682000s492010s38
1990s
Peak decade

31% of everyone ever named Brietta was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

18 babies were named Brietta in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Brietta

The Social Security Administration has registered 216 babies named Brietta between 1970 and 2015, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brietta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brietta performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Brietta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brietta 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 216 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.

Brietta at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

216

Since 1970

46 years of records

Peak year

2006

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1970

Recorded for 46 years

Last year on file: 2015

Brietta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1970

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2006)
18
Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
05101520 201520102004199819931989198119711970 5

Brietta by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
68 births that decade — 31% of Brietta's all-time total
1970s281980s331990s682000s492010s38

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Brietta?
216 babies have been named Brietta since 1970. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2006 with 18 births.
When was Brietta most popular?
Brietta was most popular in the 1990s decade with 68 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Brietta been used?
Brietta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1970, spanning 46 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Brietta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brittany, Brianna, Briana, Bridget, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1970–2015 (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.