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Breon

#3,524 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Breon has been given to 2,757 babies in the U.S. since 1966. In 2025 it ranked #3,524 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1994, with 107 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 89% boys, 11% girls all-time.

Babies named Breon, 2025

1 in 104,000

Breon over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Breon went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19662025

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.

Breon: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Breon means

Breon is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Breon is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,467 boys were recorded with the name Breon between 1966 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 107 in 1994; its best national rank was #1,075 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,765 in 2020 to #3,524 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,973 in 2015 to #3,524 in 2025.

In the United States, 290 girls were recorded with the name Breon between 1979 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1992; its best national rank was #4,863 in 1992.

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 Breon?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 104,000
32 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 53,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,524
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
71,810 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Breon 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 71,810 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Breon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Breons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Breon was born before 1998 — so the typical Breon is around 27 today.

Median birth year
1998
About 27 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
32.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
43.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,467
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Choose a decade

1990s — 32.9% of all recorded uses (811).

Is Breon 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
+812
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−759
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−551
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.82×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
29.9%
Peak was 1994 (107)
Years since peak
31
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,075
1994

Spellings of Breon

Breon is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 44.4% against Breon's 0.09%.

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 Breon is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Breon was most concentrated in Virginia — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 122,097 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Virginia1 in 14,286
  2. 2Florida1 in 20,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 100,000
  4. 4Maryland1 in 100,000
  5. 5New Jersey1 in 100,000
  6. 6South Carolina1 in 100,000
  7. 7Wisconsin1 in 100,000
  8. 8California1 in —

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. Breon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Breon is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Breon was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 483,972 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 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. Breon has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Breon by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,524
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 759
Best rank ever
#1,075
1994
Peak year
1994
107 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,467
Count in 2025
32

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,863
1992
Peak year
1992
20 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
290
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Breon

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

BreckBrewerCleonBrevinBreyonBrentlyBrextonBrendynDaveonBrennonBrendaBreckinBrennerBreckenBrenBreydenBrettonJaveonBreesBretonDameonJaceonBrentleyBrennen

Names with a curve like Breon

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

DevaughnRashaadDontrellMartezDeontaJohnmichaelJerrickRayshawnRashardMarquelDeanthonyNikolaus

Sibling names for Breon

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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