NameTides

Brenna

Brenna was the #1,844 girls' name in the US in 2025 (108 babies), and #1,974 in Canada.

Brenna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Brenna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandCanadaUS
Brenna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,844 (108)——#334 (4)—#1,974 (11)
2024#2,067 (93)————#2,102 (10)
2023#2,090 (92)————#2,366 (8)
2022#1,754 (118)————#1,727 (12)
2021#1,410 (154)————#1,454 (16)
2020#1,448 (149)————#3,251 (5)
2019#1,307 (175)#5,591 (3)———#1,342 (18)
2018#1,085 (232)——#434 (3)—#1,215 (20)
2017#996 (260)————#1,179 (21)
2016#911 (304)————#1,533 (15)
2015#791 (356)#5,730 (3)———#1,080 (23)
2014#774 (362)————#1,077 (24)
2013#679 (417)#5,742 (3)———#807 (34)
2012#622 (458)————#999 (26)
2011#510 (576)#3,549 (6)———#744 (37)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #235.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1946.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Brenna is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Brenna by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Brenna (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BrennaCanadaGirls#1,97411
BrennaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
BrennaIrelandGirls—too few
BrennaNorthern IrelandGirls#3344
BrennaScotlandGirls—too few
BrennaUSGirls#1,844108