Breslin — #12954 US unisex name
164 babies named Breslin in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 27% of names given to girls today.
68% of everyone ever named Breslin was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Breslin in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Breslin
The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Breslin between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Breslin currently holds the #12954 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Breslin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 151 additional births since 2006.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Breslin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Breslin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Breslin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Breslin 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 164 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.
Breslin at a glance
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Current rank
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Breslin popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2015)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #12954 among girls.
164 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 20 births in a single year.
Breslin popularity over time — boys
151 total births recorded since 2006 (Breslin as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Breslin accounts for 48% of total recorded use across both genders.
Breslin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 112 births that decade — 68% of Breslin's all-time total
Breslin decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Breslin's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Breslin by state
Where Breslin concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 13 | 7.9% |
13 of 164 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 7.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 7.9% 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, 2008–2024 (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.