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 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#316 · 1 in 1,056
- Nebraska#434 · 1 in 1,618
- South Carolina#469 · 1 in 1,984
- Mississippi#483 · 1 in 1,849
- Ohio#489 · 1 in 2,367
Best ever in a state: #21 in Wyoming, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #316 | 6 | 1 in 1,056 |
| Nebraska | #434 | 5 | 1 in 1,618 |
| South Carolina | #469 | 9 | 1 in 1,984 |
| Mississippi | #483 | 6 | 1 in 1,849 |
| Ohio | #489 | 22 | 1 in 2,367 |
| Virginia | #553 | 14 | 1 in 2,653 |
| Kentucky | #568 | 7 | 1 in 2,608 |
| Oregon | #572 | 6 | 1 in 2,534 |
| Georgia | #592 | 17 | 1 in 2,826 |
| Alabama | #605 | 7 | 1 in 2,768 |
| Kansas | #615 | 5 | 1 in 2,522 |
| Oklahoma | #658 | 6 | 1 in 2,799 |
| Michigan | #660 | 12 | 1 in 3,506 |
| Louisiana | #668 | 7 | 1 in 2,998 |
| North Carolina | #682 | 13 | 1 in 3,485 |
| Minnesota | #697 | 7 | 1 in 3,506 |
| Arizona | #700 | 9 | 1 in 3,438 |
| California | #717 | 50 | 1 in 4,074 |
| Florida | #729 | 22 | 1 in 3,941 |
| Indiana | #735 | 8 | 1 in 3,787 |
| Wisconsin | #746 | 6 | 1 in 3,884 |
| Colorado | #790 | 6 | 1 in 3,927 |
| Washington | #869 | 7 | 1 in 4,592 |
| Maryland | #894 | 5 | 1 in 4,808 |
| Illinois | #915 | 11 | 1 in 5,239 |
| Texas | #939 | 30 | 1 in 5,576 |
| New Jersey | #940 | 7 | 1 in 5,225 |
| Tennessee | #953 | 6 | 1 in 5,174 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,138 | 7 | 1 in 7,408 |
| New York | #1,345 | 10 | 1 in 8,984 |
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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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 4,882 of them was named Breanna, which outranked 95.9% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).