girls:
874 births since 1974
#4842 (15th percentile)
boys:
161 births since 1992
#4425 (3rd percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1974
#6704 (13th percentile)
The name Breeze is the #6,704 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,035 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 13.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,842 (15.3% percentile) for all time with 874 births since 1974. For boys, it ranks #4,425 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 161 births since 1992.
Breeze first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for girls and 1992 for boys). Birth data for Breeze is available in 49 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (49 years for girls and 14 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 Breeze has been given predominantly to girls, with 84.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 42.2% of babies named Breeze were girls.
For girls, Breeze reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #908) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Breeze ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 55.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Breeze reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #890) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Breeze is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #890 (2.3% percentile) with 14 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Breeze".
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