Brenna Girl
How popular is Brenna?
#1,844 girl name in 2025
108 baby girls were named Brenna in the US in 2025, making it the 1844th most popular girl name.
Brenna popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,844 for girls (▲ 223 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 108 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-70% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #791 in 2015, #1,448 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1995 (1,212 girls) |
| Highest rank | #235 in 1995 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brenna counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Breanna family of names ranked #1,043 for girls in 2025 (#1,001 the year before), with 190 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Brenna is most popular
Babies named Brenna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.2 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- Indiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Iowa: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Brenna by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 39 | #2,490 |
| 1950s | 254 | #1,584 |
| 1960s | 544 | #1,090 |
| 1970s | 1,647 | #736 |
| 1980s | 4,187 | #432 |
| 1990s | 9,202 | #235 |
| 2000s | 9,000 | #296 |
| 2010s | 3,784 | #469 |
| 2020s | 714 | #1,410 |
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Questions
- Is Brenna a boy or girl name?
- Brenna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Brenna were girls.
- How popular is the name Brenna?
- 108 baby girls were named Brenna in the US in 2025, making it the 1844th most popular girl name.
- When was Brenna most popular?
- Brenna peaked in 1995, when 1,212 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #235 in 1995.
- How many people are named Brenna?
- 29,371 babies have been named Brenna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 28,803 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Brenna most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brenna was most common in Minnesota, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.