Brehon — boys' name
19 babies named Brehon in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Brehon was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Brehon in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brehon
The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Brehon between 1989 and 1995, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brehon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brehon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Brehon shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Brehon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brehon 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 19 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.
Brehon at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brehon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
19 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 8 births in a single year.
Brehon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 11 births that decade — 58% of Brehon's all-time total
Brehon decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Brehon's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Brehon by state
Where Brehon concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 7 | 36.8% |
7 of 19 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Virginia 36.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Virginia accounts for 36.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1989–1995 (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.