Unisex name · since 1977
Brean
144 babies named Brean in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,178 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
144 girls have been named Brean since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Brean recorded 144 times among girls since 1977, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2005.
- #23,178 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 144 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brean ranks #23,178 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 144 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,178 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Brean's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brean splits its recorded history at 1987: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brean popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2005
- Peak year (1979)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Brean popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 1983 (Brean as boys' name)
Brean by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (60 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Brean's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Brean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
30 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 60 births (42% of all-time use).
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What to do with Brean's data
- Brean's decade-level peak was the 1980s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brean draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.