Brek
#8,316 most common boys' name of all time · #20,991 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1959–2024
Rank among boys
#8,316
Rank overall
#20,991 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
395
Since 2016
73
Peak year
2013 #4,510
Best rank
#3,076 1968
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Brek first appears in 1959. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,629 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,061 |
| 2021 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,187 |
| 2020 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,884 |
| 2019 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,867 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,957 |
| 2017 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,792 |
| 2016 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,260 |
| 2015 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,567 |
| 2014 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,540 |
| 2013 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,510 |
| 2012 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,730 |
| 2011 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,744 |
| 2010 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,688 |
| 2009 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,171 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,893 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,365 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,814 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,238 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,979 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,667 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,408 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,086 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,238 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,753 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,647 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,671 |
| 1989 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,342 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,025 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,432 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,150 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,770 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,307 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,284 |
| 1973 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,923 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,418 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,551 |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,076 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,411 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,500 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,003 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,569 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,649 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,527 |