Brecken*
#1,569 most common boys' name of all time · #3,797 across all names · 85% male / 15% female · used 1976–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,569
Rank overall
#3,797 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
5,929
Since 2016
2,889
Peak year
2017 #712
Best rank
#712 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 375/yr
Brecken first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 159 | 193 | #1,254 |
| 2024 | 18 | 189 | 207 | #1,128 |
| 2023 | 21 | 208 | 229 | #1,051 |
| 2022 | 30 | 249 | 279 | #928 |
| 2021 | 23 | 244 | 267 | #928 |
| 2020 | 37 | 291 | 328 | #798 |
| 2019 | 15 | 292 | 307 | #790 |
| 2018 | 19 | 322 | 341 | #740 |
| 2017 | 32 | 343 | 375 | #712 |
| 2016 | 31 | 332 | 363 | #737 |
| 2015 | 25 | 335 | 360 | #730 |
| 2014 | 33 | 304 | 337 | #771 |
| 2013 | 34 | 239 | 273 | #879 |
| 2012 | 34 | 244 | 278 | #867 |
| 2011 | 33 | 204 | 237 | #969 |
| 2010 | 30 | 190 | 220 | #1,022 |
| 2009 | 38 | 193 | 231 | #1,018 |
| 2008 | 32 | 121 | 153 | #1,404 |
| 2007 | 31 | 108 | 139 | #1,485 |
| 2006 | 21 | 86 | 107 | #1,661 |
| 2005 | 17 | 75 | 92 | #1,765 |
| 2004 | 29 | 57 | 86 | #2,094 |
| 2003 | 30 | 53 | 83 | #2,120 |
| 2002 | 21 | 59 | 80 | #1,906 |
| 2001 | 16 | 35 | 51 | #2,723 |
| 2000 | 19 | 31 | 50 | #2,900 |
| 1999 | 12 | 16 | 28 | #4,449 |
| 1998 | 13 | 15 | 28 | #4,526 |
| 1997 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #5,853 |
| 1996 | 14 | 10 | 24 | #5,769 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1994 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #8,216 |
| 1993 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #6,017 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1991 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1990 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #6,163 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1988 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1986 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1985 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1983 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1981 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | — |