Brynna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRIN-uh
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Brynna is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “hill”. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Brynna mean?
Welsh: feminine elaboration of Bryn
“hill”
An elaboration of the Welsh name Bryn, meaning hill, perhaps influenced by Brenna.
Is Brynna a girl's or a boy's name?
Brynna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brynna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Brynna, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 171 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Brynna than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Brynna in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brynna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,584 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,744 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,617 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,524 |
| 2014 | 96 | #2,038 |
| 2013 | 121 | #1,713 |
| 2012 | 156 | #1,457 |
| 2011 | 171 | #1,348 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,658 |
| 2009 | 144 | #1,561 |
| 2008 | 133 | #1,677 |
| 2007 | 139 | #1,602 |
| 2006 | 99 | #2,003 |
| 2005 | 121 | #1,644 |
| 2004 | 135 | #1,487 |
| 2003 | 156 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 103 | #1,748 |
| 2001 | 88 | #1,953 |
| 2000 | 80 | #2,051 |
| 1999 | 102 | #1,634 |
| 1998 | 70 | #2,080 |
| 1997 | 61 | #2,226 |
| 1996 | 51 | #2,472 |
| 1995 | 64 | #2,096 |
| 1994 | 53 | #2,407 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,017 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Nicknames for Brynna
- Bryn 19 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Brynna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Cassidy, Brenna, Mckenna, Breanna, Brianna, Bryanna, Brooklyn, Devyn, Kiara, Braelynn, Keegan
Names related to Brynna
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
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, “Brynna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brynna, updated 20 October 2026.