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Bree

#2,826 in 2025Girls' name

Form of Brígh

Bree has been given to 9,304 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #2,826 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 308 recorded.

Babies named Bree, 2025

1 in 55,300

Bree over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bree: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Brígh

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bree means

Bree is a form of Brígh.

Origin, language, and formation

Bree is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Brígh, Breanna and Breyon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,287 girls were recorded with the name Bree between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 308 in 2010; its best national rank was #616 in 1977.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,783 in 2020 to #2,826 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,153 in 2015 to #2,826 in 2025.

In the United States, 17 boys were recorded with the name Bree between 1975 and 1978. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1975; its best national rank was #4,367 in 1975.

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 Bree?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 55,300
60 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 26,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,826
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
38,299 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bree sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 38,299 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bree. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brees were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bree was born before 2000 — so the typical Bree is around 25 today.

Median birth year
2000
About 25 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
23.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
49.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
9,287
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 23.2% of all recorded uses (2,156).

Is Bree 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
−331
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,043
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,673
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.27×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
19.5%
Peak was 2010 (308)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#616
1977

Spellings of Bree

Bree is not the most common spelling — Irene is, with 52.2% against Bree's 1.4%.

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 Bree is used

Across 2016–2025, Bree was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 5,556 girls, against 1 in 17,352 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 33,333).

318 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 5,556
  2. 2Arizona1 in 12,500
  3. 3Iowa1 in 12,500
  4. 4Minnesota1 in 12,500
  5. 5Michigan1 in 14,286
  6. 6Texas1 in 14,286
  7. 7Wisconsin1 in 14,286
  8. 8California1 in 16,667

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.

Bree around the world

Where Bree 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.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,892
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1999–2024
    #790
    in 2024
  • Northern Ireland
    2016–2019
    #424
    in 2019
  • Ireland
    2006–2025
    #885
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,023
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1973–2012
    #338
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Bree

People whose public names include Bree, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Bree in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Bree. Linked forms have their own page here.

BrieBrianaBrianne

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Bree by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,826
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,043
Best rank ever
#616
1977
Peak year
2010
308 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,287
Count in 2025
60

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,367
1975
Peak year
1975
7 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
1978
All-time count
17
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Bree

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

BreaBreanaBrettBreannBreanneBrennaBreonnaBreyaCreeAudreeNyreeBrennanBreezeKreeBreezyBreasiaEmreeShreeLoreeBretteBrelynBreelynBreahBreona

Names with a curve like Bree

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

CherishAnabelAliAnnalisaShiraMarcelaSarinaCharisDanyaMishaSheaAyesha

Sibling names for Bree

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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