Brea

#3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births

Peak · girls
1993 · 268 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,739
since 1972

Brea over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Brea has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #771, 1993girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,06753
2024#3,11951
2023#2,97556
2022#2,75662
2021#2,13188
2020#2,15684
2019#2,19384
2018#2,30279
2017#2,01897
2016#1,986100
2015#1,814115
2014#1,652129
2013#1,684125
2012#1,523145
2011#1,503148
2010#1,546144
2009#1,383171
2008#1,573145
2007#1,409169
2006#1,505146
2005#1,488141
2004#1,698114
2003#1,769106
2002#1,642112
2001#1,368139
2000#1,291149
1999#1,229154
1998#1,205153
1997#1,181155
1996#1,010186
1995#1,031177
1994#855231
1993#771268
1992#876226
1991#1,352121
1990#1,307124
1989#1,89869
1988#2,27449
1987#1,79265
1986#2,84533
1985#1,90658
1984#2,05049
1983#1,75161
1982#1,80760
1981#1,43385
1980#1,49480
1979#1,53076
1978#1,46178
1977#1,53870
1976#1,74754
1975#1,90647
1974#2,83525
1973#3,01522
1972#4,79311
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five girls were named Brea! It came in at #4,793, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.

Where Brea is popular in 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #540 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,396 girlsMNIllinois: #690 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,377 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedWIMichigan: #678 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,706 girlsMINew York: #1,539 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 16,587 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedIAIndiana: #612 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,749 girlsINOhio: #837 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,493 girlsOHPennsylvania: #549 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,564 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,694 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 19,754 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedNEMissouri: #572 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,417 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedWVVirginia: #506 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,650 girlsVAMaryland: #374 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,443 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedDEArizona: #616 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,741 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedKSArkansas: #346 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,976 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #623 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,979 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #445 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,633 girlsLAMississippi: #461 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,576 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedALGeorgia: #678 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,162 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedHITexas: #848 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 6,551 girlsTXFlorida: #944 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,342 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#346 · 1 in 1,976
  2. Maryland#374 · 1 in 2,443
  3. Louisiana#445 · 1 in 2,633
  4. Mississippi#461 · 1 in 2,576
  5. Virginia#506 · 1 in 3,650

Best ever in a state: #223 in District of Columbia, 1994.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#34661 in 1,976
Maryland#374111 in 2,443
Louisiana#44591 in 2,633
Mississippi#46151 in 2,576
Virginia#506101 in 3,650
Minnesota#54061 in 4,396
Pennsylvania#549151 in 4,564
Missouri#57271 in 4,417
Indiana#61271 in 4,749
Arizona#61671 in 3,741
North Carolina#62381 in 4,979
Georgia#67881 in 5,162
Michigan#678101 in 5,706
Illinois#690141 in 5,377
Ohio#83781 in 8,493
Texas#848211 in 6,551
Florida#94491 in 8,342
New York#1,53971 in 16,587
California#1,694131 in 19,754
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Brea
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 52 spots since 2024 (#3,119 → #3,067)
  • 911 spots since 2020 (#2,156 → #3,067)
  • 1,253 spots since 2015 (#1,814 → #3,067)
  • Biggest jump: 476 spots in 1992 (#1,352 → #876)
  • Biggest drop: 176 spots in 1995 (#855 → #1,031)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 1993 at #771 (268 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1992–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,750
  • Highest: 1 in 6,750 girls born in 1993 were named Brea (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 31.3% of all girls named Brea (1,795) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s383#1,461 (1978)#2,353
1980s609#1,433 (1981)#1,925
1990s1,795#771 (1993)#1,082
2000s1,392#1,291 (2000)#1,513
2010s1,166#1,503 (2011)#1,822
2020s394#2,131 (2021)#2,701

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Brea in 1992

girls
#876
226 births · 1 in 8,159 girls

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #876Brea226
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 8,159 of them was named Brea, which outranked 94.4% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brea
  1. #865Symone228
  2. #874Lora227
  3. #874Marquita227
  4. #876Brea226
  5. #876Essence226
  6. #878Britni225
  7. #878Cassondra225
  8. #878Chelsy225

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1992 →