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
Along the way
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #3,994 among girls, 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.