Brekken — #11552 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Brekken

The Social Security Administration has registered 476 babies named Brekken between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brekken currently holds the #11552 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brekken performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 292 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Brekken shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 84 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Dakota and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Brekken in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brekken 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 476 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.