first name
BREONNA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,976 people named Breonna, 50.9% reported their origin as Black, 33.5% as White and 9.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Breonna peaked in 1994, when 280 babies got the name.
At least 5,169 babies have been given the name since 1978. 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.
Breonna by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,554. The largest share of babies named Breonna, 57.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Breonna is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Breonna has been most common in Maryland (2.9×), Georgia (2.2×), and South Carolina (2.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.43×).
3,751 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.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Breonna, most common first.
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