Boys' name · since 2008
Brekin
Brekin has 36 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,442 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 36
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brekin sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 36 recorded since 2008.
Brekin has 36 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2008 to 2013.
- #24,442 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 36 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brekin ranks #24,442 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,442 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 36
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brekin's 36 recorded births place it above 45.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brekin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brekin splits its recorded history at 2011: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brekin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2013
- Peak year (2009)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Brekin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (23 births, 64% of the file).
2010s was Brekin's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Brekin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 23 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brekin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2008–2013 (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 Brekin 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.