Brea — #3132 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Brea

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,684 babies named Brea between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brea currently holds the #3132 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 268 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brea performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,795 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Brea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 443 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Brea in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brea in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,684 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.