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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #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 2001

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,382 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,730 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedWIMichigan: #843 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,240 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedINOhio: #1,090 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,929 girlsOHPennsylvania: #828 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,999 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,393 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 27,784 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: #598 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,090 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedARTennessee: #738 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,029 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,173 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,846 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: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Brea, so not publishedHITexas: #1,271 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 10,214 girlsTXFlorida: #1,744 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 15,467 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Missouri#598 · 1 in 4,090
  2. Tennessee#738 · 1 in 5,029
  3. Pennsylvania#828 · 1 in 6,999
  4. Michigan#843 · 1 in 6,240
  5. Ohio#1,090 · 1 in 9,929

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

Show every state
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Missouri#59871 in 4,090
Tennessee#73861 in 5,029
Pennsylvania#82881 in 6,999
Michigan#84381 in 6,240
Ohio#1,09061 in 9,929
North Carolina#1,17351 in 8,846
Texas#1,271151 in 10,214
Illinois#1,38261 in 11,730
Florida#1,74451 in 15,467
California#2,39381 in 27,784
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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 2001

girls
#1,368
139 births · 1 in 12,954 girls

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #1,368Brea139
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 12,954 of them was named Brea, which outranked 92.4% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brea
  1. #1,360Makaela140
  2. #1,360Tamya140
  3. #1,360Triniti140
  4. #1,368Brea139
  5. #1,368Annemarie139
  6. #1,368Chiara139
  7. #1,368Kayleen139
  8. #1,378Anai138
  9. #1,378Charlie138
  10. #1,378Keyanna138

Tied with 9 names at #1,368; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,602Dafne#2,569 → #967
  2. ↑ 1,493Nevaeh#1,759 → #266
  3. ↑ 1,339Jimena#2,213 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,263Taina#2,174 → #911
  5. ↑ 1,069Yuliana#1,759 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Dariana#837 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 368Cortney#825 → #1,193
  3. ↓ 362Maiya#994 → #1,356
  4. ↓ 313Rosalinda#701 → #1,014
  5. ↓ 307Ivana#863 → #1,170

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

See the top 100 for 2001 →