girls:
840 births since 1976
#4876 (15th percentile)
boys:
4.7k births since 1990
#1763 (62nd percentile)
overall:
5.5k births since 1976
#3662 (53rd percentile)
The name Brecken is the #3,662 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,529 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 52.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,763 (61.5% percentile) for all time with 4,689 births since 1990. For girls, it ranks #4,876 (14.7% percentile) for all time with 840 births since 1976.
Brecken first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for girls and 1990 for boys). Birth data for Brecken is available in 44 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (44 years for girls and 31 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Brecken has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 90.8% of babies named Brecken were boys. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for girls (71.9% girls from 1976 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (87.6% boys from 2000 to 2023).
For boys, Brecken reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 34.7% percentile (ranked #597) with 173 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 173 births per million (ranked 34.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Brecken ranks #708 for boys (22.3% percentile) with 114 births per million, which is 65.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Brecken reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #926) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Brecken ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 57.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brecken".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Brecken. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.5% confident that Brecken is pronounced as BREH-kuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is breh-kuhn, at 13.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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