Unisex name · since 2002
Brekyn
Brekyn has 104 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,656 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,986 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 104
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Brekyn is the #15986 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 104 recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Brekyn recorded 104 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #15986 nationally today, ahead of 8% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #26,656 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,986 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 104 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brekyn ranks #26,656 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,986 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 104 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,656 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,986 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 104
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Brekyn's 104 recorded births place it above 63.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Brekyn compares
104 25th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brekyn's all-time total is 72% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brekyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 104 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brekyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brekyn's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brekyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Brekyn popularity over time - boys
52 total births recorded since 2003 (Brekyn as boys' name)
Brekyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (55 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Brekyn's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Brekyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 55 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Brekyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Brekyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Brekyn 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.