# Brenna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brenna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 29,371 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 29,371 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 135, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An American coinage used since the 1970s, possibly based on the male given name Brennan or Brendan.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 576 | 510 |
| 2012 | 458 | 622 |
| 2013 | 417 | 680 |
| 2014 | 362 | 774 |
| 2015 | 356 | 792 |
| 2016 | 304 | 911 |
| 2017 | 260 | 996 |
| 2018 | 232 | 1,085 |
| 2019 | 175 | 1,309 |
| 2020 | 149 | 1,449 |
| 2021 | 154 | 1,411 |
| 2022 | 118 | 1,757 |
| 2023 | 92 | 2,094 |
| 2024 | 93 | 2,071 |
| 2025 | 108 | 1,846 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | 2,746 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1,728 |
| 2002 | 8 | 2,105 |
| 2003 | 7 | 2,436 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## People named Brenna

- Brenna D'Amico, American actress
- Brenna O'Brien, actress
- Brenna Harding, Australian actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.