Breshawn — boys' name
44 babies named Breshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Breshawn was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Breshawn in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Breshawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 44 babies named Breshawn between 1995 and 2006, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Breshawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Breshawn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 35 additional births since 1990.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Breshawn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Breshawn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Breshawn 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 44 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.
Breshawn at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Breshawn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1995
- Peak year (1997)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
44 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 8 births in a single year.
Breshawn popularity over time — girls
35 total births recorded since 1990 (Breshawn as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Breshawn accounts for 44% of total recorded use across both genders.
Breshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 26 births that decade — 59% of Breshawn's all-time total
Breshawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Breshawn's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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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, 1995–2006 (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.