Unisex name · since 1994
Breyer
210 babies named Breyer in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,647 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,613 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Breyer currently ranks #6613 among unisex names in America, with 210 babies recorded since 1994.
Breyer has 210 recorded births among boys since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6613 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of boys, 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 1994 to 2025.
- #12,647 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,613 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 210 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Breyer ranks #12,647 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,613 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 210 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,647 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,613 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Breyer's 210 recorded births place it above 72.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Tennessee.
How Breyer compares
210 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Breyer's all-time total is 43% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Breyer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 210 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Breyer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Breyer's full recorded timeline at 2014, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Breyer popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Breyer popularity over time - girls
52 total births recorded since 2014 (Breyer as girls' name)
Breyer by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (79 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Breyer's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Breyer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s
2020s
75 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 79 births (38% of all-time use).
Breyer by state
Where Breyer concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 210 births nationwide.
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What to do with Breyer's data
- Breyer's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (79 total births) through the 2020s (75) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Tennessee records the most Breyers (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Tennessee names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Breyer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Breyer 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.