Brenna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BREN-uh
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,844 for girls
Brenna is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,844th for girls in the US (108 babies).
What does Brenna mean?
Irish: feminine of Brennan, from the surname Ó Braonáin
Used as a feminine form of Brennan, from the Irish surname Ó Braonáin.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Brenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Brenna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 108 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brenna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Brenna, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 25 girls.
2025 had more girls named Brenna than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Brenna in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 334th in Northern Ireland.
Brenna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 2 | #7,411 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 22 | #1,042 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 25 | #905 |
How popular is Brenna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,844th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 108 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 108 girls in the US were named Brenna, making it the 1,844th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,448th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 1,212 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Brenna in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brenna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | #1,844 |
| 2024 | 93 | #2,067 |
| 2023 | 92 | #2,090 |
| 2022 | 118 | #1,754 |
| 2021 | 154 | #1,410 |
| 2020 | 149 | #1,448 |
| 2019 | 175 | #1,307 |
| 2018 | 232 | #1,085 |
| 2017 | 260 | #996 |
| 2016 | 304 | #911 |
| 2015 | 356 | #791 |
| 2014 | 362 | #774 |
| 2013 | 417 | #679 |
| 2012 | 458 | #622 |
| 2011 | 576 | #510 |
| 2010 | 644 | #469 |
| 2009 | 709 | #443 |
| 2008 | 766 | #422 |
| 2007 | 886 | #369 |
| 2006 | 845 | #383 |
| 2005 | 885 | #355 |
| 2004 | 966 | #330 |
| 2003 | 1,036 | #296 |
| 2002 | 924 | #328 |
| 2001 | 960 | #322 |
| 2000 | 1,023 | #310 |
| 1999 | 1,027 | #300 |
| 1998 | 1,047 | #287 |
| 1997 | 1,035 | #282 |
| 1996 | 1,149 | #248 |
| 1995 | 1,212 | #235 |
| 1994 | 1,002 | #279 |
| 1993 | 739 | #345 |
| 1992 | 725 | #354 |
| 1991 | 661 | #389 |
| 1990 | 605 | #419 |
| 1989 | 554 | #440 |
| 1988 | 527 | #432 |
| 1987 | 489 | #452 |
| 1986 | 440 | #487 |
| 1985 | 453 | #467 |
| 1984 | 411 | #490 |
| 1983 | 366 | #518 |
| 1982 | 316 | #580 |
| 1981 | 331 | #560 |
| 1980 | 300 | #613 |
| 1979 | 211 | #762 |
| 1978 | 212 | #736 |
| 1977 | 183 | #819 |
| 1976 | 185 | #774 |
| 1975 | 188 | #757 |
| 1974 | 167 | #807 |
| 1973 | 134 | #917 |
| 1972 | 112 | #1,038 |
| 1971 | 135 | #948 |
| 1970 | 120 | #1,026 |
| 1969 | 99 | #1,109 |
| 1968 | 95 | #1,090 |
| 1967 | 59 | #1,441 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,548 |
| 1965 | 60 | #1,421 |
| 1964 | 51 | #1,593 |
| 1963 | 48 | #1,648 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,946 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,473 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,648 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 18 | #2,754 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,925 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,248 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,690 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,584 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,972 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,891 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,015 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,490 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
Names like Brenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Brianna, Caoimhe, Cassidy, Teagan, Caragh, Bree, Kiara, Raegan, Aoibheann, Eden, Cliodhna
Names related to Brenna
Breanna, Brienne, Brienna, Breanne, Brieanna, Breeanna, Brynna, Breana, Breonna, Brionna, Breann
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
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, “Brenna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brenna, updated 20 October 2026.