Breana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bree-AN-a
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Breana is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Breana mean?
Irish: spelling of Brianna, a feminine form of Brian
A spelling of Brianna, a feminine form of the Irish name Brian.
Is Breana a girl's or a boy's name?
Breana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Breana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Breana, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 698 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Breana in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,416 girls in the US were given Breana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #248, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Breana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 84 | #2,232 |
| 2011 | 104 | #1,909 |
| 2010 | 161 | #1,420 |
| 2009 | 187 | #1,292 |
| 2008 | 210 | #1,211 |
| 2007 | 308 | #896 |
| 2006 | 318 | #844 |
| 2005 | 298 | #847 |
| 2004 | 370 | #719 |
| 2003 | 380 | #687 |
| 2002 | 412 | #619 |
| 2001 | 408 | #614 |
| 2000 | 480 | #542 |
| 1999 | 556 | #472 |
| 1998 | 560 | #460 |
| 1997 | 625 | #417 |
| 1996 | 698 | #382 |
| 1995 | 655 | #401 |
| 1994 | 678 | #378 |
| 1993 | 638 | #395 |
| 1992 | 568 | #445 |
| 1991 | 515 | #473 |
| 1990 | 432 | #546 |
| 1989 | 291 | #692 |
| 1988 | 199 | #885 |
| 1987 | 135 | #1,109 |
| 1986 | 120 | #1,177 |
| 1985 | 104 | #1,287 |
| 1984 | 66 | #1,657 |
| 1983 | 62 | #1,733 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,850 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,447 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,904 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,020 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Nicknames for Breana
- Bree 15 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Breana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy, Mckenna, Brenna, Brynn, Teagan, Briana, Kiara, Devyn, Bryanna, Kierra, Keegan, Bree
Other spellings of Breana
Names related to Breana
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Breana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/breana, updated 20 October 2026.