Unisex name · since 2010
Brees
Brees has 225 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,254 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,101 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brees currently ranks #8101 among unisex names in America, with 225 babies recorded since 2010.
Brees has 225 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8101 as of the latest data, more common than 42% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #12,254 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,101 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 225 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brees ranks #12,254 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,101 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 225 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,254 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,101 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brees's 225 recorded births place it above 73.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
How Brees compares
225 40th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brees's all-time total is 39% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brees | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 225 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 34 | 22,252 |
Brees's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brees splits its recorded history at 2018: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2013 (9 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brees popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Brees popularity over time - girls
38 total births recorded since 2010 (Brees as girls' name)
Brees by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (126 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Brees's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Brees births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
126 births
- 2020s
2020s
99 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 126 births (56% of all-time use).
Brees by state
Where Brees concentrates geographically, total births since 2010
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- Brees's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (126 total births) through the 2020s (99) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Louisiana records the most Breess (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana 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 Brees: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~15 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, 2010–2025 (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 Brees 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.