Brenna is an established variant of Brianna that peaked in 1995 and has since faded.
Brenna is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,846 for girl births in the United States (and #3,359 across all names), given to 108 babies. Brenna was first reported in SSA data in 1946 and peaked in 1995 (1,212 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | 108 | #1,846 |
| 2024 | 93 | 93 | #2,071 |
| 2023 | 92 | 92 | #2,094 |
| 2022 | 118 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2021 | 154 | 154 | #1,411 |
| 2020 | 149 | 149 | #1,449 |
| 2019 | 175 | 175 | #1,309 |
| 2018 | 232 | 232 | #1,085 |
| 2017 | 260 | 260 | #996 |
| 2016 | 304 | 304 | #911 |
| 2015 | 356 | 356 | #792 |
| 2014 | 362 | 362 | #774 |
| 2013 | 417 | 417 | #680 |
| 2012 | 458 | 458 | #622 |
| 2011 | 576 | 576 | #510 |
| 2010 | 644 | 644 | #469 |
| 2009 | 709 | 709 | #443 |
| 2008 | 766 | 766 | #422 |
| 2007 | 886 | 886 | #369 |
| 2006 | 845 | 845 | #383 |
| 2005 | 885 | 885 | #355 |
| 2004 | 966 | 966 | #330 |
| 2003 | 1,036 | 1,036 | #296 |
| 2002 | 924 | 924 | #328 |
| 2001 | 960 | 960 | #322 |
| 2000 | 1,023 | 1,023 | #310 |
| 1999 | 1,027 | 1,027 | #300 |
| 1998 | 1,047 | 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 | — | #519 |
| 1982 | 316 | — | #580 |
| 1981 | 331 | — | #560 |
| 1980 | 300 | — | #613 |
| 1979 | 211 | — | #762 |
| 1978 | 212 | — | #736 |
| 1977 | 183 | — | #820 |
| 1976 | 185 | — | #774 |
| 1975 | 188 | — | #757 |
| 1974 | 167 | — | #807 |
| 1973 | 134 | — | #918 |
| 1972 | 112 | — | #1,038 |
| 1971 | 135 | — | #948 |
| 1970 | 120 | — | #1,027 |
| 1969 | 99 | — | #1,109 |
| 1968 | 95 | — | #1,091 |
| 1967 | 59 | — | #1,441 |
| 1966 | 52 | — | #1,551 |
| 1965 | 60 | — | #1,423 |
| 1964 | 51 | — | #1,595 |
| 1963 | 48 | — | #1,650 |
| 1962 | 35 | — | #1,947 |
| 1961 | 24 | — | #2,477 |
| 1960 | 21 | — | #2,653 |
| 1959 | 21 | — | #2,526 |
| 1958 | 18 | — | #2,762 |
| 1957 | 16 | — | #2,934 |
| 1956 | 24 | — | #2,256 |
| 1955 | 37 | — | #1,694 |
| 1954 | 41 | — | #1,586 |
| 1953 | 27 | — | #1,976 |
| 1952 | 28 | — | #1,897 |
| 1951 | 24 | — | #2,023 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | #2,353 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | #3,205 |
| 1948 | 16 | — | #2,501 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #5,388 |
| 1946 | 7 | — | #4,036 |