Breanna
#2,542 for girls in 2025, 69 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #4,421
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 4,701 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 82,375since 1965
Breanna over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,542 | 69 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,823 | 110 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,724 | 119 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,670 | 126 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,484 | 144 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,183 | 196 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,149 | 209 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,035 | 249 | — | |
| 2017 | #928 | 285 | — | |
| 2016 | #782 | 363 | — | |
| 2015 | #664 | 429 | — | |
| 2014 | #625 | 459 | — | |
| 2013 | #508 | 592 | — | |
| 2012 | #398 | 778 | — | |
| 2011 | #308 | 1,027 | — | |
| 2010 | #250 | 1,286 | — | |
| 2009 | #204 | 1,583 | — | |
| 2008 | #168 | 1,978 | — | |
| 2007 | #138 | 2,497 | — | |
| 2006 | #126 | 2,769 | — | |
| 2005 | #124 | 2,640 | — | |
| 2004 | #115 | 2,898 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | #105 | 3,272 | — | |
| 2002 | #104 | 3,198 | — | |
| 2001 | #93 | 3,368 | — | |
| 2000 | #80 | 3,826 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #74 | 4,341 | — | |
| 1998 | #76 | 4,250 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #74 | 4,444 | — | |
| 1996 | #74 | 4,701 | — | |
| 1995 | #76 | 4,527 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #85 | 4,101 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #83 | 4,027 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #94 | 3,451 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #107 | 3,233 | — | |
| 1990 | #113 | 2,951 | — | |
| 1989 | #163 | 1,747 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #210 | 1,243 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #271 | 905 | — | |
| 1986 | #341 | 704 | — | |
| 1985 | #347 | 673 | — | |
| 1984 | #366 | 628 | — | |
| 1983 | #436 | 483 | — | |
| 1982 | #522 | 379 | — | |
| 1981 | #555 | 336 | — | |
| 1980 | #628 | 290 | — | |
| 1979 | #804 | 196 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,255 | 98 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,380 | 81 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
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| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Breanna! It came in at #6,539, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1965–1969, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Breanna is popular in 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#43 · 1 in 187
- Utah#46 · 1 in 199
- West Virginia#50 · 1 in 188
- Alabama#51 · 1 in 219
- Arizona#56 · 1 in 285
Best ever in a state: #21 in Wyoming, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #43 | 65 | 1 in 187 |
| Utah | #46 | 70 | 1 in 199 |
| West Virginia | #50 | 42 | 1 in 188 |
| Alabama | #51 | 96 | 1 in 219 |
| Arizona | #56 | 95 | 1 in 285 |
| Indiana | #59 | 129 | 1 in 254 |
| South Carolina | #59 | 63 | 1 in 263 |
| Oregon | #62 | 65 | 1 in 247 |
| Kentucky | #63 | 81 | 1 in 247 |
| New Mexico | #66 | 35 | 1 in 252 |
| Wyoming | #66 | 8 | 1 in 185 |
| Georgia | #67 | 135 | 1 in 302 |
| Nebraska | #67 | 32 | 1 in 253 |
| North Dakota | #67 | 15 | 1 in 202 |
| South Dakota | #67 | 15 | 1 in 219 |
| Arkansas | #70 | 40 | 1 in 285 |
| Iowa | #70 | 56 | 1 in 255 |
| Tennessee | #70 | 94 | 1 in 311 |
| Washington | #70 | 99 | 1 in 292 |
| Idaho | #73 | 23 | 1 in 234 |
| Minnesota | #74 | 93 | 1 in 276 |
| Wisconsin | #74 | 86 | 1 in 306 |
| Oklahoma | #76 | 53 | 1 in 305 |
| Ohio | #78 | 194 | 1 in 333 |
| Maine | #79 | 19 | 1 in 269 |
| Missouri | #79 | 94 | 1 in 316 |
| Nevada | #79 | 27 | 1 in 288 |
| Kansas | #80 | 42 | 1 in 307 |
| Michigan | #80 | 155 | 1 in 350 |
| California | #81 | 621 | 1 in 391 |
| Louisiana | #82 | 60 | 1 in 374 |
| Montana | #82 | 12 | 1 in 261 |
| Illinois | #83 | 199 | 1 in 373 |
| Alaska | #84 | 11 | 1 in 253 |
| Pennsylvania | #89 | 172 | 1 in 378 |
| Hawaii | #92 | 14 | 1 in 334 |
| Colorado | #96 | 53 | 1 in 382 |
| Florida | #96 | 165 | 1 in 452 |
| Maryland | #100 | 61 | 1 in 414 |
| North Carolina | #105 | 84 | 1 in 454 |
| Texas | #108 | 267 | 1 in 509 |
| New Hampshire | #119 | 12 | 1 in 438 |
| Virginia | #130 | 56 | 1 in 630 |
| New Jersey | #136 | 65 | 1 in 677 |
| New York | #145 | 152 | 1 in 732 |
| Connecticut | #159 | 21 | 1 in 813 |
| Rhode Island | #168 | 7 | 1 in 679 |
| Massachusetts | #170 | 38 | 1 in 890 |
| District of Columbia | #260 | 5 | 1 in 927 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Breanna
- 719 spots since 2024 (#1,823 → #2,542)
- 1,359 spots since 2020 (#1,183 → #2,542)
- 1,878 spots since 2015 (#664 → #2,542)
- Biggest jump: 451 spots in 1979 (#1,255 → #804)
- Biggest drop: 146 spots in 2017 (#782 → #928)
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1996 at #74 (4,701 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 1992–2001
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1979–2017
- Highest: 1 in 373 girls born in 1996 were named Breanna (0.27%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,294 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 48.6% of all girls named Breanna (40,026) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #6,539 (1965) | #6,539 |
| 1970s | 486 | #804 (1979) | #3,781 |
| 1980s | 7,388 | #163 (1989) | #384 |
| 1990s | 40,026 | #74 (1996) | #86 |
| 2000s | 28,029 | #80 (2000) | #126 |
| 2010s | 5,677 | #250 (2010) | #665 |
| 2020s | 764 | #1,183 (2020) | #1,738 |
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.
Breanna in 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
Top boys' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 435 of them was named Breanna, which outranked 99.5% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 276,004 of them was named Breanna, which outranked 32.0% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,372Ziyad8
- #6,372Zoe8
- #6,372Zubin8
- #6,968Breanna7
- #6,968Abayomi7
- #6,968Abdoulaye7
- #6,968Abdoulie7
- #7,770Aadam6
- #7,770Aakeem6
- #7,770Aaliyah6
Tied with 801 names at #6,968; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.