Brenna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Brenna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Brenna: Recorded since 1996, it reached #206 in 2001, and it was last ranked in 2019.

3registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#206highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2019

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#916
1997	#1126
1998	#2165
1999	#1473
2000	#2746
2001	#1728
2002	#2105
2003	#2436
2004	#3197
2005	#3970
2006	#3116
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2009	#3936
2010	#4688
2011	#3549
2013	#5742
2015	#5730
2019	#5591

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 24 years from 1996 to 2019.

In 2008: #370 among girls in Northern Ireland, #862 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4524 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2019 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #916 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2018
Highest recorded position: #206 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 1998–2018).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2019
Most recently recorded at #5591 among girls in England and Wales, in 2019.
England and Wales · Girls

Brenna appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 135 births with the name.

Brenna across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Brenna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#916 (1996)	#916 (1996)	#5591 (2019)	19 of 24	135 (1996–2019)	23 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#301 (1998)	#206 (2001)	#434 (2018)	9 of 21	35 (1998–2018)	7 (2001)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#471 (1996)	#471 (1996)	#862 (2008)	4 of 13	14 (1996–2008)	4 (1996)

Brenna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Brenna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	59	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	57	10 of 10	6
2010s	19	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Brenna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #206 in Northern Ireland in 2001.

Brenna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1126	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#916	23	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#206	7	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2019, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #206, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Brendan · #16, 62y
Brendon · #31, 57y
Brennan · #543, 29y
Brent · #22, 63y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cahal · #206, 18y
Jordyn · #206, 22y
Kajus · #204, 22y
Caela · #212, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jordyn · #206, 22y
Keela · #206, 27y
Nola · #206, 26y
Sydney · #206, 30y

Brenna was ranked #206 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Brenna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Brenna without appearing here.

Brenna moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3549 and #5785.
Ann Compare
In 2005 they stood at #377 and #377 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #294 and #384.
Joanne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #377 and #209 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #294 and #384.
Jordan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #339 and #128 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #294 and #384.

Moved ahead of Brenna

Dylan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3116 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #2085.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3549 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Pauline Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3549 and #4764 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Freddie Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3936 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #3541.

Moved the opposite way to Brenna

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Brenna went from #916 to #5591 while Ada went from #2683 to #47.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Brenna went from #916 to #5591 while Alma went from #2096 to #345.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Brenna went from #916 to #5591 while Alyssa went from #783 to #255.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Brenna went from #916 to #5591 while Amalie went from #2096 to #996.

Moved the same way as Brenna

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Brenna went from #916 to #5591 and Abigail from #21 to #83.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Brenna went from #916 to #5591 and Aimee from #70 to #838.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Brenna went from #916 to #5591 and Aisling from #440 to #1634.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Brenna went from #916 to #5591 and Alex from #161 to #1389.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2019. Highest recorded position: #206 in Northern Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Brenna

Brenna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Brenna across 3 official records

Brenna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Brenna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Brenna at a glance

Brenna across 3 official records

Brenna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Brenna

Brenna and the names beside it

Brenna moved ahead of

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