Breon
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #3,513 for boys in 2025, 32 births
Given to boys 89.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 107 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,467since 1966
Breon 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 | — | #3,513 | 32 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,321 | 24 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,112 | 26 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,995 | 27 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,121 | 38 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,759 | 44 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,259 | 35 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,893 | 41 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,532 | 50 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,681 | 29 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,966 | 39 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #2,705 | 44 |
| 2013 | — | #2,763 | 42 | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #2,678 | 45 |
| 2011 | — | #2,232 | 58 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,144 | 62 | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #2,050 | 67 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #2,237 | 59 |
| 2007 | — | #2,337 | 55 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #2,832 | 40 |
| 2005 | — | #2,433 | 47 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #2,376 | 47 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #2,620 | 38 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #2,372 | 43 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #2,277 | 44 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #2,136 | 47 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #1,720 | 60 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #1,849 | 53 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #1,294 | 88 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #1,533 | 65 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | #1,244 | 87 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #1,078 | 107 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #1,266 | 80 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | #1,158 | 91 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #1,130 | 94 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #1,176 | 86 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #1,184 | 81 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #1,296 | 63 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #1,563 | 45 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #1,493 | 45 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #1,614 | 39 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #1,481 | 42 |
| 1983 | — | #1,562 | 38 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,202 | 21 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
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| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Breon! It came in at #3,948, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1969, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Breon is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#524 · 1 in 3,513
- South Carolina#659 · 1 in 4,340
- Wisconsin#731 · 1 in 5,740
- New Jersey#973 · 1 in 8,923
- Illinois#1,210 · 1 in 12,092
Best ever in a state: #303 in Virginia, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #524 | 12 | 1 in 3,513 |
| South Carolina | #659 | 5 | 1 in 4,340 |
| Wisconsin | #731 | 5 | 1 in 5,740 |
| New Jersey | #973 | 5 | 1 in 8,923 |
| Illinois | #1,210 | 6 | 1 in 12,092 |
| Florida | #1,302 | 7 | 1 in 13,614 |
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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 Breon
- 808 spots since 2024 (#4,321 → #3,513)
- 754 spots since 2020 (#2,759 → #3,513)
- 547 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #3,513)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1994 at #1,078 (107 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 18,056 boys born in 1994 were named Breon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 53,377 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 32.9% of all boys named Breon (811) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #3,948 (1966) | #3,948 |
| 1970s | 109 | #2,202 (1977) | #3,156 |
| 1980s | 419 | #1,184 (1989) | #1,718 |
| 1990s | 811 | #1,078 (1994) | #1,345 |
| 2000s | 487 | #2,050 (2009) | #2,367 |
| 2010s | 445 | #2,144 (2010) | #2,785 |
| 2020s | 191 | #2,759 (2020) | #3,637 |
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.
Breon in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 262,445 of them was named Breon, which outranked 32.2% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,429Zymeria8
- #12,429Zynia8
- #12,429Zyrah8
- #13,704Breon7
- #13,704Aadyn7
- #13,704Aahna7
- #13,704Aairah7
- #15,242Aadison6
- #15,242Aahliyah6
- #15,242Aaila6
Tied with 1,537 names at #13,704; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 29,606 of them was named Breon, which outranked 85.9% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,035Surya68
- #2,035Ulisses68
- #2,035Zamarion68
- #2,050Breon67
- #2,050Aaryan67
- #2,050Akash67
- #2,050Arion67
- #2,077Arron66
- #2,077Corben66
- #2,077Deontae66
Tied with 26 names at #2,050; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.