Girls' name · since 1996
Brynae
Brynae has 33 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #39,753 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brynae sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 33 recorded since 1996.
Brynae has 33 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2012.
- #39,753 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 33 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brynae ranks #39,753 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 33 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #39,753 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Brynae's 33 recorded births place it above 44.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brynae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brynae splits its recorded history at 2001: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brynae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2012
- Peak year (1996)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Brynae by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (17 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Brynae's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Brynae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 17 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Brynae's decade-level peak was the 2000s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brynae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1996–2012 (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 Brynae 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.