Breana

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births

Peak · girls
1994 · 678 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,224
since 1973

Breana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Breana has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #378, 1994girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,88513
2024#10,2719
2023#11,1698
2022#5,98420
2021#7,25015
2020#6,92316
2019#7,34215
2018#5,45423
2017#4,92227
2016#4,15735
2015#3,76740
2014#3,77840
2013#3,91838
2012#2,23284
2011#1,909104
2010#1,420161
2009#1,292187
2008#1,211210
2007#896308
2006#844318
2005#847298
2004#719370
2003#687380
2002#619412
2001#614408
2000#542480
1999#472556
1998#460560
1997#417625
1996#382698
1995#401655
1994#378678
1993#395638
1992#445568
1991#473515
1990#547432
1989#693291
1988#885199
1987#1,109135
1986#1,177120
1985#1,287104
1984#1,65766
1983#1,73362
1982#1,85058
1981#2,44739
1980#1,90456
1979#2,02050
1978#3,38822
1977#2,90927
1976#3,40720
1975#4,85412
1974#4,22714
1973#8,4235
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five girls were named Breana! It came in at #8,423, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Breana is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedNHWashington: #418 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,578 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #364 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,748 girlsMNIllinois: #727 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,964 girlsILWisconsin: #363 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,587 girlsWIMichigan: #350 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,516 girlsMINew York: #648 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 4,959 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedRIOregon: #440 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,809 girlsORNevada: #297 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,423 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedIAIndiana: #557 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,353 girlsINOhio: #459 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,694 girlsOHPennsylvania: #413 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,959 girlsPANew Jersey: #843 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,781 girlsNJConnecticut: #430 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,089 girlsCTCalifornia: #381 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 2,198 girlsCAUtah: #465 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,658 girlsUTColorado: #525 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,471 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedNEMissouri: #708 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,495 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedVAMaryland: #523 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,945 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedDEArizona: #413 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,346 girlsAZNew Mexico: #338 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,563 girlsNMKansas: #413 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,673 girlsKSArkansas: #292 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,720 girlsARTennessee: #694 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,083 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #310 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,097 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #208 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,134 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #302 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,172 girlsDCOklahoma: #349 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,132 girlsOKLouisiana: #446 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,783 girlsLAMississippi: #402 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,244 girlsMSAlabama: #364 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,452 girlsALGeorgia: #339 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,203 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Breana, so not publishedHITexas: #564 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 3,897 girlsTXFlorida: #897 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,636 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#208 · 1 in 1,134
  2. Arkansas#292 · 1 in 1,720
  3. Nevada#297 · 1 in 1,423
  4. District of Columbia#302 · 1 in 1,172
  5. North Carolina#310 · 1 in 2,097

Best ever in a state: #135 in Rhode Island, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#208171 in 1,134
Arkansas#29271 in 1,720
Nevada#29751 in 1,423
District of Columbia#30251 in 1,172
North Carolina#310191 in 2,097
New Mexico#33861 in 1,563
Georgia#339191 in 2,203
Oklahoma#34981 in 2,132
Michigan#350241 in 2,516
Wisconsin#363111 in 2,587
Alabama#36491 in 2,452
Minnesota#364101 in 2,748
California#3811191 in 2,198
Mississippi#40261 in 2,244
Arizona#413111 in 2,346
Kansas#41351 in 2,673
Pennsylvania#413241 in 2,959
Washington#418121 in 2,578
Connecticut#43061 in 3,089
Oregon#44061 in 2,809
Louisiana#44691 in 2,783
Ohio#459191 in 3,694
Utah#46551 in 2,658
Maryland#52371 in 3,945
Colorado#52561 in 3,471
Indiana#55781 in 4,353
Texas#564351 in 3,897
New York#648241 in 4,959
Tennessee#69451 in 6,083
Missouri#70851 in 6,495
Illinois#727131 in 5,964
New Jersey#84361 in 7,781
Florida#897101 in 7,636
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See more about Breana
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,386 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #7,885)
  • 962 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #7,885)
  • 4,118 spots since 2015 (#3,767 → #7,885)
  • Biggest jump: 224 spots in 1988 (#1,109 → #885)
  • Biggest drop: 315 spots in 2008 (#896 → #1,211)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 1994 at #378 (678 births)
  • Births halved by 2005, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1988–2007
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,511
  • Highest: 1 in 2,511 girls born in 1996 were named Breana (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #378 in 1994, was only 1 in 2,634 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 52.8% of all girls named Breana (5,925) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s150#2,020 (1979)#4,175
1980s1,130#693 (1989)#1,474
1990s5,925#378 (1994)#437
2000s3,371#542 (2000)#827
2010s567#1,420 (2010)#3,890
2020s81#5,984 (2022)#8,247

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Breana in 1991

girls
#473
515 births · 1 in 3,641 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #473Breana515
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 3,641 of them was named Breana, which outranked 96.9% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Breana
  1. #469Alaina523
  2. #471Lucy520
  3. #472Breanne517
  4. #473Breana515
  5. #473Beatriz515
  6. #475Shelbi513
  7. #476Logan512
  8. #477Ashlyn511

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →