Girls' name · since 1959
Bryanna
19,643 babies named Bryanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,082 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,310 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,643
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Bryanna is the #2310 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 19,643 recorded since 1959.
Social Security Administration records show Bryanna recorded 19,643 times among girls since 1959, holding rank #2310 nationally today, ahead of 87% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #1,082 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,310 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 19,643 born since 1959
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bryanna ranks #1,082 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,310 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 19,643 born since 1959, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,082 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,310 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,643
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bryanna's 19,643 recorded births place it above 98.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Bryanna compares
19,643 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Bryanna's all-time total is 52x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bryanna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 19,643 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,027 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bryanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bryanna's full recorded timeline at 1997, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 1,027 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bryanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 1,027
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Bryanna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (7,901 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Bryanna's strongest decade.
7,901 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Bryanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s 113
1970s
113 births
- 1980s 880
1980s
880 births
- 1990s
1990s
6,847 births
- 2000s
2000s
7,901 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,203 births
- 2020s 694
2020s
694 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 7,901 births (40% of all-time use).
How Bryanna 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 Bryanna's total volume
Bryanna by state
Where Bryanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,961 | 15.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,058 | 10.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,379 | 7.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,275 | 6.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 765 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 731 | 3.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 711 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 576 | 2.9% |
2,961 of 19,643 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Bryanna appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Bryanna's data
- Bryanna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (7,901 total births); usage has since declined to 694 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Bryannas (2,961 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Bryanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Bryanna 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.