Brenna

Where Brenna comes from

An American coinage used since the 1970s, possibly based on the male given name Brennan or Brendan.
— Wiktionary's entry for Brenna
  • Vowel-ended
Brenna through the years
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #3,994 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1991
    Brenna O'Brien born
    actress
  3. 1995
    Peak, #235
    1,212 babies named Brenna, the most in any year.
  4. 2000
    Brenna D'Amico born
    American actress
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #510.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Brenna D'Amico · American actress, born 2000
  • Brenna O'Brien · actress, born 1991
  • Brenna Harding · Australian actress, born 1996
  • Brenna Dowell · American artistic gymnast, born 1996
  • Brenna Lovera · American soccer player, born 1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.