Girls' name · peaked in 1998
Bryanna name popularity since 1925
19,643 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Bryanna. Half of them were born in 2002 or earlier, so the typical Bryanna is about 24 years old in 2026. Bryanna peaked in 1998 as the #292 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,643
- Named Bryanna, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,302 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 19,643 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 2.10× its national share
Peak year is the year Bryanna made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Bryanna births per year, 1925–2025
1998 was the biggest year for Bryanna both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1987 and 1992, Bryanna became 4.4× more common, from 1 in 15,800 baby girls to 1 in 3,560.
- Steepest fall: Between 2013 and 2018, its share of baby girls fell by 64%, from 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 12,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Bryanna's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Bryanna.
Decade by decade
Babies named Bryanna in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 113 | #5,572 |
| 1980s | 880 | #1,462 |
| 1990s | 6,847 | #375 |
| 2000s | 7,901 | #447 |
| 2010s | 3,203 | #784 |
| 2020–25 | 694 | #2,302 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
61.6% of babies named Bryanna from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Bryanna is most popular
The index compares Bryanna's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Bryanna.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 2.10× | 483 |
| Florida | 1.99× | 1,275 |
| California | 1.57× | 2,961 |
| Texas | 1.48× | 2,058 |
| New Jersey | 1.45× | 711 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Bryanna and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Bryanna (this page) | 19,643 | 1998 |
| Brianna | 264,799 | 2000 |
| Bryana | 6,222 | 1997 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Bryanna's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Bryanna.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Bryanna (1998).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data