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Brecken

#1,252 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Brecken has been given to 5,929 babies in the U.S. since 1990. In 2025 it ranked #1,252 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 343 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.

Babies named Brecken, 2025

1 in 20,900

Brecken over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Brecken over time

In 2025, Brecken went to 18% girls and 82% boys.

19762025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Brecken: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Brecken means

Brecken is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Brecken is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,037 boys were recorded with the name Brecken between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 343 in 2017; its best national rank was #712 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #796 in 2020 to #1,252 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #730 in 2015 to #1,252 in 2025.

In the United States, 892 girls were recorded with the name Brecken between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 38 in 2009; its best national rank was #3,847 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,847 in 2020 to #4,187 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,316 in 2015 to #4,187 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Brecken?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 20,900
159 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 10,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,252
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
14,453 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Brecken sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 14,453 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brecken. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Breckens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Brecken was born before 2016 — so the typical Brecken is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
55.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,037
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 55.7% of all recorded uses (2,805).

Is Brecken rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−126
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−456
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−522
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.47×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
46.4%
Peak was 2017 (343)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#712
2017

Spellings of Brecken

Brecken is not the most common spelling — Brenden is, with 41.2% against Brecken's 8.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Brecken is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Brecken was most concentrated in Nebraska — about 1 in 599 boys, against 1 in 6,102 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 50,000).

2167 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Nebraska1 in 599
  2. 2South Dakota1 in 671
  3. 3Iowa1 in 909
  4. 4Minnesota1 in 1,266
  5. 5North Dakota1 in 1,449
  6. 6Kansas1 in 1,493
  7. 7Wisconsin1 in 1,613
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in 1,754

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Brecken is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 99% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Brecken is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Brecken was most concentrated in Kansas — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 211,146 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kansas1 in 25,000
  2. 2Colorado1 in 100,000
  3. 3Minnesota1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Brecken has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Brecken around the world

Where Brecken ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2008–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Brecken by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,252
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 456
Best rank ever
#712
2017
Peak year
2017
343 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,037
Count in 2025
159

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,187
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 340
Best rank ever
#3,847
2020
Peak year
2009
38 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
892
Count in 2025
34

Names similar to Brecken

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BrekkenBrennonBrennenBrentleyBrentonBrentlyBrextonBrendynBrendonBreckinBrennerBreydenBrettonBrekenBrendenBrennanBrewerBreckBreonBrevinBrentleeBreyonBreckynBrenda

Names with a curve like Brecken

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Brecken, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MaxtonGraysenJoziahMaisonThatcherTitanCristianoKaseKamdynCasenJadielCoen

Sibling names for Brecken

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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