Brena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BREN-uh
- Origin
- Irish
Brena is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Brena mean?
Irish: spelling of Brenna; feminine of Brennan, from the surname Ó Braonáin
Used as a feminine form of Brennan, from the Irish surname Ó Braonáin.
Meaning borrowed from Brenna. More on Wiktionary.
Is Brena a girl's or a boy's name?
Brena is a girls' name.
How popular is Brena in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Brena in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
Names like Brena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brianna Cassidy Teagan Brynn Mckenna Breanna Devyn Bryanna Briana Keegan Kiara Brooklyn
Names related to Brena
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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, “Brena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brena, updated 20 October 2026.