How rare is the name Breanna?

68,070 people in the United States have the first name Breanna, about 1 in 4,437. It ranks #748 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BREANNA

#748

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
68,070
About
1 in 4,437
This common or more
65.6%
Who bears it

Of the 68,070 people named Breanna, 63.5% reported their origin as White, 14.7% as Black and 13.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Breanna peaked in 1996, when 4,701 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19652025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
4,701
In 2025*
69 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 82,440 babies have been given the name since 1965. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Breanna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #186. The largest share of babies named Breanna, 53.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#3,031486
1980s#6277,399
1990s#18640,056
2000s#26728,053
2010s#1,0435,677
2020s#3,019764
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–9641.4%
Generation Z 1997–1253.6%
2013 and later4.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Breanna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Breanna has been most common in Nevada (2.7×), Alaska (2×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.17×).

80,935 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Breanna

#746 Becky · 68,256#747 Ernesto · 68,243#749 Dave · 67,929#750 Leroy · 67,707

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Breanna, most common first.

#253 Brianna · 221,271#663 Briana · 79,981#1,311 Brenna · 27,835#1,687 Brianne · 18,375#1,885 Bryanna · 15,186#2,590 Breanne · 9,278#2,601 Breana · 9,227#3,857 Breann · 5,102

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