Girls' name · since 1977
Breean
Breean has 110 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 110
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Breean is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 110 have been recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Breean recorded 110 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 2008.
- #26,035 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 110 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Breean ranks #26,035 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 110 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 110
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Breean's 110 recorded births place it above 63.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Breean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Breean's full recorded timeline at 1988, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Breean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2008
- Peak year (1977)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Breean by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (43 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Breean's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Breean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
31 births
- 1980s
1980s
43 births
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 43 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Breean's decade-level peak was the 1980s (43 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Breean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1977–2008 (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 Breean 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.