Breaker — boys' name
68 babies named Breaker in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Breaker was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Breaker in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Breaker
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Breaker between 2010 and 2019, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Breaker currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Breaker performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Breaker in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Breaker 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 68 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.
Breaker at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Breaker popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2010
- Peak year (2012)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
68 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 12 births in a single year.
Breaker by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 68 births that decade — 100% of Breaker's all-time total
Breaker decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Breaker's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Breaker by state
Where Breaker concentrates geographically — total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 7.4% |
5 of 68 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 7.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 7.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2010–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.