Boys' name · since 1993
Breven
Breven has 146 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,906 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Breven is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 146 have been recorded since 1993.
Breven has 146 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2019.
- #14,906 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 146 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Breven ranks #14,906 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,906 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 146
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Breven's 146 recorded births place it above 67.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Breven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Breven's full recorded timeline at 2005, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Breven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2019
- Peak year (1998)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Breven by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (90 births, 62% of the file).
2000s was Breven's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Breven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s 28
2010s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 90 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Breven's decade-level peak was the 2000s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2010s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Breven: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1993–2019 (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 Breven 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.