Breno

Boys' name

Form of Brennus

Breno has been given to 57 babies in the U.S. since 2002. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2007, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Breno, 2023

1 in 663,000

Breno over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Breno: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Brennus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Breno means

Breno is a form of Brennus.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Breno is used in Portuguese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɾe.nu/ and /ˈbɾẽ.nu/ for Breno.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Brennus.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Breno is pronounced /ˈbɾẽ.nu/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 57 boys were recorded with the name Breno between 2002 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2007; its best national rank was #9,529 in 2002.

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.

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How common is Breno?

Breno had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 459,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Breno 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 2023 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 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Breno. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brenos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Breno was born before 2011 — so the typical Breno is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 49.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 57; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 49.1% of all recorded uses (28).

Is Breno 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2007 (7)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 19.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,529; 2002

Spellings of Breno

Breno is not the most common spelling — Brett is, with 24.7% against Breno's <0.01%.

Brett24.7%159,109
Brent21.7%139,799
Ben13.3%85,349
Trent8.0%51,608
Rene7.9%50,940
Bret4.6%29,819
Brendon3.1%20,081
Bruno2.9%18,875

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.

Breno by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,529; 2002
Peak year: 2007; 7 that year
First recorded: 2002
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 57
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Breno

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

Brelyn Brees Breece Brenn Breyner Brenham Akeno Breez Brenin Brey Breyer Brekyn Breeze Breiner Xeno Brelan Brelin Brekin Breslin Brextyn Brevon Breylan Brex Brelon

Sibling names for Breno

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

For a sister

Jailyn Kalli Neveah Marlen Jaylyn Lupita Rhianna Marin

For a brother

Jaeden Nikhil Jamarcus Slade Nevin Ean Davian Isai

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