Girls' name · since 1996
Breyah
Breyah has 181 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,827 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 181
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Breyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 181 recorded since 1996.
Breyah has 181 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2024.
- #20,827 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 181 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Breyah ranks #20,827 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 181 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,827 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 181
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Breyah's 181 recorded births place it above 71.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Breyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Breyah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Breyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2024
- Peak year (2009)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Breyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (75 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Breyah's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Breyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 75 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Breyah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- 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 Breyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1996–2024 (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 Breyah 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.