girls:
10 births since 1989
#5706 (0th percentile)
boys:
20 births since 2005
#4566 (0th percentile)
overall:
30 births since 1989
#7709 (0th percentile)
The name Breyan is the #7,709 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 30 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,566 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 20 births since 2005. For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1989.
Breyan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (1989 for girls and 2005 for boys). Birth data for Breyan is available in 5 out of the 23 years between 1989 and 2011 (3 years for boys and 2 years for girls). 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 Breyan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (66.7% of all recorded births). In 2011, 100.0% of babies named Breyan were boys. Interestingly, until around 2005, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1989 to 2004), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2005 to 2011).
For boys, Breyan reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #870) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2011.
For girls, Breyan reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #821) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1995.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Breyan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Breyan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.7% confident that Breyan is pronounced as BRAY-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BREE-uhn, at 35.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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