Breyer — #5343 US boys' name
197 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.
More common than 62% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Breyer was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Breyer in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Breyer
The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Breyer between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Breyer currently holds the #5343 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Breyer is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 42 additional births since 2014.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Breyer performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Breyer shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Breyer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Breyer 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 197 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.
Breyer at a glance
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Current rank
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Breyer popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1994
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
Currently ranks #5343 among boys.
197 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 18 births in a single year.
Breyer popularity over time — girls
42 total births recorded since 2014 (Breyer as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Breyer accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Breyer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 79 births that decade — 40% of Breyer's all-time total
Breyer decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Breyer's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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 | 2.5% |
5 of 197 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1994–2024 (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.