Brei — girls' name
70 babies named Brei in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Brei was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Brei in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Brei
The Social Security Administration has registered 70 babies named Brei between 1977 and 2008, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Brei currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Brei performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Brei shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Brei 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 70 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.
Brei at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Brei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1977
- Peak year (1996)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
70 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 9 births in a single year.
Brei by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 32 births that decade — 46% of Brei's all-time total
Brei decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Brei's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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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, 1977–2008 (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.