Girl name#410 of girl names
Breanna
Pronounced B R IY1 N N AA1 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1996
- 60 years in use
How popular is Breanna?
Breanna is a girls' name, and first appears in 1965. It has been given to 82,926 children — the 410th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 86% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1996, when 4,723 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B R IY1 N N AA1
- Stress pattern:
- 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Breanna
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Breanna
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Breanna?
- Breanna ranks 410th among girls' names in US records, with 82,926 births since 1965. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,228.
- Is Breanna a unisex name?
- No. Breanna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Breanna most popular?
- 1996, when 4,723 children were given the name. It has been in use for 60 years and is still recorded as of 2024.