Recorded 1996–2014 Girls' name Peak 2005 118 births

Bryanah — girls' name

118 babies named Bryanah in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s162000s922010s10
2000s
Peak decade

78% of everyone ever named Bryanah was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

24 babies were named Bryanah in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bryanah

The Social Security Administration has registered 118 babies named Bryanah between 1996 and 2014, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bryanah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bryanah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bryanah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bryanah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bryanah 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 118 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.

Bryanah at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

118

Since 1996

19 years of records

Peak year

2005

24 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1996

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2014

Bryanah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1996

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2005)
24
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
0510152025 2014200920072005200320001996 9

Bryanah by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
92 births that decade — 78% of Bryanah's all-time total
1990s162000s922010s10

Bryanah by state

Where Bryanah concentrates geographically — total births since 1996

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Bryanah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 4.2%
California share of Bryanah's total US births 4.2%

5 of 118 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bryanah?
118 babies have been named Bryanah since 1996. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2005 with 24 births.
When was Bryanah most popular?
Bryanah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 92 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Bryanah most popular?
The top states for the name Bryanah are California (5 births).
How long has the name Bryanah been used?
Bryanah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 19 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Bryanah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brynn, Brynlee, Bryanna, Brylee, 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, 1996–2014 (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.