Total births
60
Boys' name · since 1998
Brey
60 babies named Brey in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 60
- total births
- 1998–2022
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
Brey sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 60 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Brey recorded 60 times among boys since 1998, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2022.
- 60 total births
- 1998–2022 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 40% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
60 boys have been named Brey since 1998, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2022.
- 60
- total births
- 1998–2022
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
40% of everyone ever named Brey was born in this single decade.
1998
Single peak year
11 babies were named Brey in 1998 - its busiest year on record.
Brey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Brey's full recorded timeline at 2018, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Brey at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
1998
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1998
Brey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2022
- Peak year (1998)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Brey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Brey's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Brey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (40% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Brey? ▼
Brey has been given to 60 babies in the U.S. since 1998, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2022. 11 babies were born in 1998, its single highest year.
When was Brey most popular? ▼
Brey was most popular in the 2020s decade with 24 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
How long has the name Brey been used? ▼
Brey has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 25 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Brey? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brett, Brent, Brendan, Brennan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Brey
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1998–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Brey: Baby Name Since 1998 - 60 Births, Peak 1998." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/brey. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Brey 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 July 2026.