Breland — #9991 US boys' name
437 babies named Breland in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Breland was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Breland in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Breland
The Social Security Administration has registered 437 babies named Breland between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Breland currently holds the #9991 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 25 babies received it in a single year. Breland is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 83 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Breland performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Breland shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Breland in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Breland 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 437 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.
Breland at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Breland popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1922
- Peak year (2020)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
Currently ranks #9991 among boys.
437 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 25 births in a single year.
Breland popularity over time — girls
83 total births recorded since 1997 (Breland as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Breland accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Breland by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 121 births that decade — 28% of Breland's all-time total
Breland decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Breland's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Breland by state
Where Breland concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 437 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1922–2024 (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.