How popular is the name Brenna?

Brenna ranks 739th among girls' names in US records, with 29,263 births since 1946. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,933.

Is Brenna a unisex name?

No. Brenna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1995, when 1,212 children were given the name. It has been in use for 79 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#739 of girl names

Pronounced B R EH1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

Brenna is a girls' name, and first appears in 1946. It has been given to 29,263 children — the 739th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 70% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1995, when 1,212 children were given it.

19951,212

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Brenna?: Brenna ranks 739th among girls' names in US records, with 29,263 births since 1946. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,933.
Is Brenna a unisex name?: No. Brenna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Brenna most popular?: 1995, when 1,212 children were given the name. It has been in use for 79 years and is still recorded as of 2024.