girls:
35 births since 2014
#5681 (1st percentile)
boys:
179 births since 1994
#4407 (4th percentile)
overall:
214 births since 1994
#7525 (3rd percentile)
The name Breyer is the #7,525 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 214 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 2.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,407 (3.8% percentile) for all time with 179 births since 1994. For girls, it ranks #5,681 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 35 births since 2014.
Breyer first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for boys and 2014 for girls). Birth data for Breyer is available in 22 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023 (22 years for boys and 5 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 Breyer has been given predominantly to boys, with 83.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Breyer were boys.
For boys, Breyer reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #901) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Breyer is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #901 (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million.
For girls, Breyer reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #936) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Breyer".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Breyer. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.5% confident that Breyer is pronounced as BRAI-er, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BRAY-er, at 32.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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