Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Breton

#7,684 most common boys' name of all time · #19,323 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1959–2025

Rank among boys
#7,684
Rank overall
#19,323 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
456
Since 2016
50
Peak year
1988 #2,913
Best rank
#2,667 1963
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
1960198020002020

Breton 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,288
2022 — 8 8 #9,148
2021 — 7 7 #9,911
2020 — 7 7 #9,741
2019 — 5 5 #12,449
2018 — 6 6 #10,987
2017 — 6 6 #11,055
2016 — 6 6 #10,987
2015 — 9 9 #8,202
2013 — 8 8 #8,977
2012 — 7 7 #9,898
2007 — 7 7 #10,004
2006 — 12 12 #6,575
2005 — 9 9 #7,813
2003 — 7 7 #8,836
2002 — 7 7 #8,666
2001 — 6 6 #9,510
2000 — 6 6 #9,407
1999 — 9 9 #6,669
1998 — 5 5 #9,989
1997 — 6 6 #8,414
1996 — 7 7 #7,360
1995 — 12 12 #4,912
1994 — 10 10 #5,601
1993 — 12 12 #4,813
1992 — 10 10 #5,380
1991 — 7 7 #6,763
1990 — 12 12 #4,520
1989 — 9 9 #5,340
1988 — 19 19 #2,913
1987 — 13 13 #3,625
1986 — 16 16 #3,072
1985 — 13 13 #3,518
1984 — 13 13 #3,374
1983 — 9 9 #4,345
1982 — 10 10 #4,122
1981 — 9 9 #4,342
1980 — 7 7 #5,217
1979 — 6 6 #5,682
1978 — 5 5 #6,206
1977 — 5 5 #6,302
1975 — 8 8 #4,148
1974 — 7 7 #4,453
1973 — 8 8 #3,920
1972 — 6 6 #4,787
1970 — 6 6 #4,548
1969 — 6 6 #4,293
1968 — 6 6 #4,035
1967 — 8 8 #3,195
1966 — 10 10 #2,771
1963 — 11 11 #2,667
1962 — 8 8 #3,296
1961 — 7 7 #3,635
1960 — 5 5 #4,536
1959 — 8 8 #3,283