Breck
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #10,271 · #2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births
Given to boys 85.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 39 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,648since 1945
Breck over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,991 | 41 | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #2,674 | 49 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #1,928 | 81 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #2,168 | 67 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #1,884 | 81 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #1,798 | 83 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #2,001 | 73 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #2,189 | 63 |
| 2017 | — | #1,844 | 80 | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #1,774 | 86 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #1,931 | 75 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #1,857 | 79 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #1,964 | 70 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #2,049 | 67 |
| 2011 | — | #1,988 | 69 | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #1,924 | 73 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #2,451 | 52 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #2,583 | 48 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #2,533 | 49 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #2,621 | 45 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #3,022 | 34 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #2,843 | 36 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #3,186 | 29 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #2,755 | 34 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #3,368 | 19 |
| 1992 | — | #3,220 | 20 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,406 | 29 | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #2,682 | 21 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #2,171 | 25 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #2,418 | 20 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,540 | 16 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | — | #1,612 | 29 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #1,680 | 27 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,745 | 26 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #1,435 | 34 |
| 1969 | — | #1,396 | 33 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,614 | 24 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,287 | 34 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,450 | 28 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,513 | 26 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,615 | 24 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,255 | 38 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,242 | 39 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,406 | 32 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,320 | 36 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,302 | 36 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,446 | 29 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,487 | 28 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,443 | 29 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,219 | 13 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,887 | 17 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,683 | 20 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,788 | 8 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Breck! It came in at #3,338, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1945–1947, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Breck is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kansas#455 · 1 in 2,299
- Colorado#600 · 1 in 3,879
- Utah#673 · 1 in 4,332
- Minnesota#745 · 1 in 5,539
- Texas#2,251 · 1 in 35,529
Best ever in a state: #371 in Colorado, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #455 | 7 | 1 in 2,299 |
| Colorado | #600 | 7 | 1 in 3,879 |
| Utah | #673 | 5 | 1 in 4,332 |
| Minnesota | #745 | 5 | 1 in 5,539 |
| Texas | #2,251 | 5 | 1 in 35,529 |
| California | #2,514 | 5 | 1 in 46,098 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Breck
- 317 spots since 2024 (#2,674 → #2,991)
- 1,193 spots since 2020 (#1,798 → #2,991)
- 1,060 spots since 2015 (#1,931 → #2,991)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1962 at #1,242 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,796 boys born in 2020 were named Breck (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,242 in 1962, was only 1 in 53,045 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.8% of all boys named Breck (735) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1998, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 32 | #2,788 (1948) | #3,138 |
| 1950s | 219 | #1,302 (1959) | #1,777 |
| 1960s | 314 | #1,242 (1962) | #1,410 |
| 1970s | 209 | #1,435 (1970) | #2,271 |
| 1980s | 191 | #2,057 (1987) | #2,809 |
| 1990s | 180 | #2,406 (1991) | #3,813 |
| 2000s | 366 | #2,451 (2009) | #3,004 |
| 2010s | 735 | #1,774 (2016) | #1,952 |
| 2020s | 402 | #1,798 (2020) | #2,241 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Breck in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 220,132 of them was named Breck, which outranked 37.5% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,257Zoraida9
- #11,257Zylie9
- #11,257Zynah9
- #12,199Breck8
- #12,199Aaisha8
- #12,199Aamna8
- #12,199Aamori8
- #13,483Aalayiah7
- #13,483Aalaysia7
- #13,483Aaliayah7
Tied with 1,283 names at #12,199; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 28,313 of them was named Breck, which outranked 85.6% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,036Trevion68
- #2,036Yehoshua68
- #2,036Zamari68
- #2,049Breck67
- #2,049Bradly67
- #2,049Clive67
- #2,049Creighton67
- #2,066Aariz66
- #2,066Adair66
- #2,066Adnan66
Tied with 16 names at #2,049; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.