Breonna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bree-ON-a
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Breonna is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Breonna mean?
Irish: spelling of Brianna, a feminine form of Brian
A spelling of Brianna, a feminine form of the Irish name Brian.
Is Breonna a girl's or a boy's name?
Breonna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Breonna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Breonna, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 280 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer girls named Breonna than any year since 1980.
Half of all the girls named Breonna in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Breonna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 65 | #2,708 |
| 2011 | 95 | #2,043 |
| 2010 | 112 | #1,818 |
| 2009 | 147 | #1,538 |
| 2008 | 195 | #1,274 |
| 2007 | 196 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 211 | #1,155 |
| 2005 | 185 | #1,227 |
| 2004 | 200 | #1,139 |
| 2003 | 239 | #970 |
| 2002 | 238 | #939 |
| 2001 | 201 | #1,058 |
| 2000 | 217 | #974 |
| 1999 | 211 | #977 |
| 1998 | 222 | #933 |
| 1997 | 260 | #797 |
| 1996 | 271 | #773 |
| 1995 | 279 | #733 |
| 1994 | 280 | #741 |
| 1993 | 266 | #774 |
| 1992 | 208 | #931 |
| 1991 | 156 | #1,134 |
| 1990 | 148 | #1,159 |
| 1989 | 65 | #1,960 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,970 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Nicknames for Breonna
- Bree 15 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Breonna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Brianna Mckenna Teagan Brenna Brynn Kiara Briana Devyn Breanna Bryanna Keegan
Names related to Breonna
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, “Breonna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/breonna, updated 20 October 2026.