Recorded 1965–2025 · United States
Breanna was most popular in 1996, when 4,701 American babies were given the name — ranking #160 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,509, with 69 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 82,440 people named Breanna.
Breanna first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1965, which makes it about 60 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 57 of the 61 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 82,440 American births named Breanna between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 81,247 are estimated to be alive today.
69 American babies were named Breanna in 2025, ranking #4,509 that year.
Breanna is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 114 births a year, against 657 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -83% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Breanna is a girl’s name — 99.9% of the 82,440 Americans given it were girls and 0.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 81,247 Americans named Breanna are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 28 years old, and half are between 22 and 33. That is a narrow band: Breanna arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org