Breanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,542 for girls
Breanna is a girls' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,542nd for girls in the US (69 babies).
What does Breanna mean?
Celtic
A female given name from the Celtic languages, of American usage, variant of Brianna.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Breanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Breanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 69 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Breanna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 68 girls.
Half of all the girls named Breanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Breanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 44 | #844 |
| 2008 | 44 | #833 |
| 2007 | 61 | #639 |
| 2006 | 48 | #720 |
| 2005 | 68 | #537 |
| 2004 | 48 | #670 |
| 2003 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Breanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,542among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 69about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 69 girls in the US were named Breanna, making it the 2,542nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,183rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 4,701 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 19 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Breanna than any year since 1976.
Half of all the girls named Breanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Breanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,542 |
| 2024 | 110 | #1,823 |
| 2023 | 119 | #1,724 |
| 2022 | 126 | #1,670 |
| 2021 | 144 | #1,484 |
| 2020 | 196 | #1,183 |
| 2019 | 209 | #1,149 |
| 2018 | 249 | #1,035 |
| 2017 | 285 | #928 |
| 2016 | 363 | #782 |
| 2015 | 429 | #664 |
| 2014 | 459 | #625 |
| 2013 | 592 | #508 |
| 2012 | 778 | #398 |
| 2011 | 1,027 | #308 |
| 2010 | 1,286 | #250 |
| 2009 | 1,583 | #204 |
| 2008 | 1,978 | #168 |
| 2007 | 2,497 | #138 |
| 2006 | 2,769 | #126 |
| 2005 | 2,640 | #124 |
| 2004 | 2,898 | #115 |
| 2003 | 3,272 | #105 |
| 2002 | 3,198 | #104 |
| 2001 | 3,368 | #93 |
| 2000 | 3,826 | #80 |
| 1999 | 4,341 | #74 |
| 1998 | 4,250 | #76 |
| 1997 | 4,444 | #74 |
| 1996 | 4,701 | #74 |
| 1995 | 4,527 | #76 |
| 1994 | 4,101 | #85 |
| 1993 | 4,027 | #83 |
| 1992 | 3,451 | #94 |
| 1991 | 3,233 | #107 |
| 1990 | 2,951 | #113 |
| 1989 | 1,747 | #163 |
| 1988 | 1,243 | #210 |
| 1987 | 905 | #271 |
| 1986 | 704 | #341 |
| 1985 | 673 | #347 |
| 1984 | 628 | #366 |
| 1983 | 483 | #436 |
| 1982 | 379 | #522 |
| 1981 | 336 | #555 |
| 1980 | 290 | #628 |
| 1979 | 196 | #804 |
| 1978 | 98 | #1,255 |
| 1977 | 81 | #1,380 |
| 1976 | 35 | #2,334 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
Names like Breanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Kiara Caoimhe Brianna Cassidy Aoibheann Teagan Bree Eden Caragh Raegan Caitlin
Names related to Breanna
Briana Bryanna Brenna Bryana Brienna Breanne Brieanna Breana Breonna
More Celtic names
Arthur Imogen Gael Harvey Alana Alan Tristan Vienna Lana Alaina Sabrina Alanna Bryce Devon Arturo Alannah
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Breanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/breanna, updated 20 October 2026.