Breslyn — #16545 US girls' name
260 babies named Breslyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 6% of names given to girls today.
68% of everyone ever named Breslyn was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Breslyn in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Breslyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Breslyn between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Breslyn currently holds the #16545 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Breslyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Breslyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Breslyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Breslyn 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 260 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.
Breslyn at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Breslyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2014)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #16545 among girls.
260 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 28 births in a single year.
Breslyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 177 births that decade — 68% of Breslyn's all-time total
Breslyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 177 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Breslyn's strongest decade
177 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Breslyn by state
Where Breslyn concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 74 | 28.5% |
74 of 260 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 28.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 28.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 2007–2024 (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.