Girls' name · since 1952
Breda
Breda has 91 recorded births since 1952 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1962 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1952
- 1960s
- peak decade
Breda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 91 have been recorded since 1952.
Breda has 91 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 1987.
- #28,137 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 91 born since 1952
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Breda ranks #28,137 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 91 born since 1952, peaking in the 1960s.
- #28,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1952
- 1960s
- peak decade
Breda's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Breda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Breda's full recorded timeline at 1967, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1952, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1962 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Breda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1987
- Peak year (1962)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Breda by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (39 births, 43% of the file).
1960s was Breda's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Breda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
16 births
- 1960s
1960s
39 births
- 1970s
1970s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 39 births (43% of all-time use).
Breda by state
Where Breda concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 5.5% |
5 of 91 births nationwide.
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- Breda's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 1980s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Bredas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Breda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1952–1987 (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 Breda 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.