girls:
435 births since 1970
#5281 (8th percentile)
boys:
2.6k births since 1945
#2501 (45th percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1945
#4959 (36th percentile)
The name Breck is the #4,959 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,993 recorded births since 1945. This represents the 35.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,501 (45.4% percentile) for all time with 2,558 births since 1945. For girls, it ranks #5,281 (7.6% percentile) for all time with 435 births since 1970.
Breck first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1945 (1945 for boys and 1970 for girls).
The name Breck has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 92.0% of babies named Breck were boys.
For boys, Breck reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 8.8% percentile (ranked #840) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 45 births per million (ranked 8.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Breck is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #835 (8.4% percentile) with 44 births per million.
For girls, Breck reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #886) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Breck ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 49.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Breck".
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