Girls' name · since 1973
Breigh
Breigh has 236 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,139 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 236
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
236 girls have been named Breigh since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Breigh has 236 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2022.
- #18,139 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 236 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Breigh ranks #18,139 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 236 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,139 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 236
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Breigh's 236 recorded births place it above 74.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
Breigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Breigh's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Breigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2022
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Breigh by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (79 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Breigh's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Breigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
79 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 79 births (33% of all-time use).
Breigh by state
Where Breigh concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 7 | 3.0% |
7 of 236 births nationwide.
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- Breigh's decade-level peak was the 1990s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Breighs (7 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Breigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1973–2022 (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 Breigh 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.