Brenna
- #1,844 for girls in 2025, 108 births
- Peak · girls
- 1995 · 1,212 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 29,371since 1946
Brenna over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Brenna has never cracked the top 200 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,844 | 108 |
| 2024 | #2,067 | 93 |
| 2023 | #2,090 | 92 |
| 2022 | #1,754 | 118 |
| 2021 | #1,410 | 154 |
| 2020 | #1,448 | 149 |
| 2019 | #1,307 | 175 |
| 2018 | #1,085 | 232 |
| 2017 | #996 | 260 |
| 2016 | #911 | 304 |
| 2015 | #791 | 356 |
| 2014 | #774 | 362 |
| 2013 | #679 | 417 |
| 2012 | #622 | 458 |
| 2011 | #510 | 576 |
| 2010 | #469 | 644 |
| 2009 | #443 | 709 |
| 2008 | #422 | 766 |
| 2007 | #369 | 886 |
| 2006 | #383 | 845 |
| 2005 | #355 | 885 |
| 2004 | #330 | 966 |
| 2003 | #296 | 1,036 |
| 2002 | #328 | 924 |
| 2001 | #322 | 960 |
| 2000 | #310 | 1,023 |
| 1999 | #300 | 1,027 |
| 1998 | #287 | 1,047 |
| 1997 | #282 | 1,035 |
| 1996 | #248 | 1,149 |
| 1995 | #235 | 1,212 |
| 1994 | #279 | 1,002 |
| 1993 | #345 | 739 |
| 1992 | #354 | 725 |
| 1991 | #389 | 661 |
| 1990 | #419 | 605 |
| 1989 | #440 | 554 |
| 1988 | #432 | 527 |
| 1987 | #452 | 489 |
| 1986 | #487 | 440 |
| 1985 | #467 | 453 |
| 1984 | #490 | 411 |
| 1983 | #518 | 366 |
| 1982 | #580 | 316 |
| 1981 | #560 | 331 |
| 1980 | #613 | 300 |
| 1979 | #762 | 211 |
| 1978 | #736 | 212 |
| 1977 | #819 | 183 |
| 1976 | #774 | 185 |
| 1975 | #757 | 188 |
| 1974 | #807 | 167 |
| 1973 | #917 | 134 |
| 1972 | #1,038 | 112 |
| 1971 | #948 | 135 |
| 1970 | #1,026 | 120 |
| 1969 | #1,109 | 99 |
| 1968 | #1,090 | 95 |
| 1967 | #1,441 | 59 |
| 1966 | #1,548 | 52 |
| 1965 | #1,421 | 60 |
| 1964 | #1,593 | 51 |
| 1963 | #1,649 | 48 |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 |
| 1960 | #2,649 | 21 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 |
| 1956 | #2,249 | 24 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,585 | 41 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 |
| 1952 | #1,892 | 28 |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five girls were named Brenna! It came in at #3,994, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1946–1947, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Brenna is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Minnesota#731 · 1 in 3,580
- Pennsylvania#1,015 · 1 in 5,836
- Ohio#1,134 · 1 in 6,753
- New York#1,830 · 1 in 13,055
- Florida#1,887 · 1 in 14,460
Best ever in a state: #53 in North Dakota, 2006.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,580 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,015 | 8 | 1 in 5,836 |
| Ohio | #1,134 | 7 | 1 in 6,753 |
| New York | #1,830 | 6 | 1 in 13,055 |
| Florida | #1,887 | 6 | 1 in 14,460 |
| Texas | #1,902 | 11 | 1 in 14,595 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 223 spots since 2024 (#2,067 → #1,844)
- 396 spots since 2020 (#1,448 → #1,844)
- Biggest jump: 149 spots in 1980
- Biggest drop: 120 spots in 2016
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1995 at #235 (1,212 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1973–2017
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,451
- Highest: 1 in 1,451 girls born in 1995 were named Brenna (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,882 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 31.3% of all girls named Brenna (9,202) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 39 | #2,491 (1948) | #3,739 |
| 1950s | 254 | #1,585 (1954) | #2,195 |
| 1960s | 544 | #1,090 (1968) | #1,692 |
| 1970s | 1,647 | #736 (1978) | #858 |
| 1980s | 4,187 | #432 (1988) | #504 |
| 1990s | 9,202 | #235 (1995) | #314 |
| 2000s | 9,000 | #296 (2003) | #356 |
| 2010s | 3,784 | #469 (2010) | #814 |
| 2020s | 714 | #1,410 (2021) | #1,769 |
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.
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