How Many People Are Named Brena?
An estimated 758 people in the United States have the first name Brena. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 29 years old, and Brena peaked in popularity in 2007 with 36 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Brena as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Brena paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
758
About 1 in 452,183 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
29
years old
Peak Year
2007
36 births
Total Registered
794
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Brena
Brena is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 794 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Brena as a female name
Ranked #9,070 in 2021
11 female births in 2021
Peak: 2007 (36 births)
Brena: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Brena span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 226 babies were registered. Brena has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Brena by Decade
How has Brena tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Brena by State
Brena + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Brena as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Brena
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Brena: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Brena?
We estimate approximately 758 people named Brena are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 452,183 Americans share this first name.
Is Brena a common name?
Brena is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 88.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 794 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Brena most popular?
Brena reached peak popularity in 2007, when 36 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Brena is approximately 29 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Brena a female name?
Brena is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Brena Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Brena Smith, Brena Johnson, Brena Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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