Brecken
- #4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births
- #1,252 for boys in 2025, 159 births
- Given to boys 85.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2017 · 343 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,037since 1990
Brecken over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,172 | 34 | #1,252 | 159 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | #1,126 | 189 |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | #1,047 | 208 |
| 2022 | #4,582 | 30 | #928 | 249 |
| 2021 | #5,398 | 23 | #927 | 244 |
| 2020 | #3,841 | 37 | #796 | 291 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | #790 | 292 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #740 | 322 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | #712 | 343 |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | #735 | 332 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | #730 | 335 |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 | #769 | 304 |
| 2013 | #4,243 | 34 | #878 | 239 |
| 2012 | #4,296 | 34 | #863 | 244 |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | #967 | 204 |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | #1,019 | 190 |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | #1,014 | 193 |
| 2008 | #4,647 | 32 | #1,399 | 121 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | #1,477 | 108 |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | #1,654 | 86 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | #1,752 | 75 |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 | #2,075 | 57 |
| 2003 | #4,307 | 30 | #2,102 | 53 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | #1,888 | 59 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | #2,681 | 35 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | #2,864 | 31 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
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First appearance
1990
The first year at least five boys were named Brecken! It came in at #5,823, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1991–1992, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Brecken is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Nebraska#244 · 1 in 882
- Iowa#293 · 1 in 1,064
- West Virginia#299 · 1 in 1,026
- Minnesota#392 · 1 in 1,750
- Wisconsin#411 · 1 in 1,953
Best ever in a state: #102 in Wyoming, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #244 | 10 | 1 in 882 |
| Iowa | #293 | 13 | 1 in 1,064 |
| West Virginia | #299 | 6 | 1 in 1,026 |
| Minnesota | #392 | 14 | 1 in 1,750 |
| Wisconsin | #411 | 12 | 1 in 1,953 |
| Kansas | #524 | 6 | 1 in 2,341 |
| Missouri | #597 | 9 | 1 in 3,090 |
| Oklahoma | #698 | 5 | 1 in 3,536 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| Indiana | #844 | 6 | 1 in 5,277 |
| Illinois | #935 | 8 | 1 in 6,194 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| Texas | #1,250 | 16 | 1 in 10,941 |
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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 Brecken
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 456 spots since 2020 (#796 → #1,252)
- Biggest jump: 109 spots in 2014
- Biggest drop: 131 spots in 2021
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1990
- Peaked 2017 at #712 (343 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2011–2022
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,396
- Highest: 1 in 5,396 boys born in 2017 were named Brecken (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,743 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 55.7% of all boys named Brecken (2,805) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
- Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 74 | #4,341 (1999) | #5,614 |
| 2000s | 818 | #1,014 (2009) | #1,891 |
| 2010s | 2,805 | #712 (2017) | #820 |
| 2020s | 1,340 | #796 (2020) | #1,013 |
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.
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