Breon

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · #3,513 for boys in 2025, 32 births
Given to boys 89.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1994 · 107 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,467
since 1966

Breon over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #4,849, 1992peak #1,078, 1994girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,51332
2024#4,32124
2023#4,11226
2022#3,99527
2021#3,12138
2020#2,75944
2019#3,25935
2018#2,89341
2017#2,53250
2016#3,68129
2015#2,96639
2014#16,5135#2,70544
2013#2,76342
2012#13,4837#2,67845
2011#2,23258
2010#2,14462
2009#13,7047#2,05067
2008#17,5045#2,23759
2007#2,33755
2006#17,1685#2,83240
2005#2,43347
2004#14,1796#2,37647
2003#15,7845#2,62038
2002#12,1877#2,37243
2001#8,75811#2,27744
2000#8,53411#2,13647
1999#7,71612#1,72060
1998#6,36015#1,84953
1997#7,74211#1,29488
1996#5,77116#1,53365
1995#6,25714#1,24487
1994#7,09712#1,078107
1993#6,26414#1,26680
1992#4,84920#1,15891
1991#6,58813#1,13094
1990#6,86712#1,17686
1989#5,83614#1,18481
1988#8,3918#1,29663
1987#5,92312#1,56345
1986#9,5456#1,49345
1985#8,3187#1,61439
1984#6,8109#1,48142
1983#1,56238
1982#10,5175#1,99927
1981#10,4115#2,77916
1980#8,1787#2,21323
1979#6,6969#2,56818
1978#3,40011
1977#2,20221
1976#3,09512
1975#3,07812
1974#3,12011
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1971#3,3709
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five boys were named Breon! It came in at #3,948, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1966–1969, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 808 spots since 2024 (#4,321#3,513)
  • 754 spots since 2020 (#2,759#3,513)
  • 547 spots since 2015 (#2,966#3,513)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 1994 at #1,078 (107 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,056
  • Highest: 1 in 18,056 boys born in 1994 were named Breon (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 53,377 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 32.9% of all boys named Breon (811) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#3,948 (1966)#3,948
1970s109#2,202 (1977)#3,156
1980s419#1,184 (1989)#1,718
1990s811#1,078 (1994)#1,345
2000s487#2,050 (2009)#2,367
2010s445#2,144 (2010)#2,785
2020s191#2,759 (2020)#3,637

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Breon in 1988

girls
#8,391
8 births · 1 in 222,607 girls
boys
#1,296
63 births · 1 in 30,385 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #8,391Breon8

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #1,296Breon63
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 222,607 of them was named Breon, which outranked 39.6% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Breon
  1. #7,691Zasha9
  2. #7,691Zohra9
  3. #7,691Zondra9
  4. #8,391Breon8
  5. #8,391Aarin8
  6. #8,391Aarti8
  7. #8,391Abriel8
  8. #9,244Abbagail7
  9. #9,244Abbigale7
  10. #9,244Abimbola7

Tied with 852 names at #8,391; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 2,890Jalissa#3,857#967
  2. 2,381Taja#3,101#720
  3. 1,710Whitley#2,156#446
  4. 1,225Jalisa#1,662#437
  5. 883Jaleesa#1,227#344
Fallers
  1. 620Channing#590#1,210
  2. 346Denisse#954#1,300
  3. 319Jeana#966#1,285
  4. 314Eliana#826#1,140
  5. 311Nakia#893#1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 30,385 of them was named Breon, which outranked 84.7% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Breon
  1. #1,286Ramone64
  2. #1,286Russel64
  3. #1,286Woodrow64
  4. #1,296Breon63
  5. #1,296Adonis63
  6. #1,296Donell63
  7. #1,296Duke63
  8. #1,307Abner62
  9. #1,307Alessandro62
  10. #1,307Amber62

Tied with 10 names at #1,296; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 3,252Nico#4,239#987
  2. 1,245Ridge#2,215#970
  3. 668Colten#1,484#816
  4. 600Brantley#1,587#987
  5. 518Long#1,337#819
Fallers
  1. 362Cordaro#908#1,270
  2. 246Ramsey#884#1,130
  3. 241Yaakov#974#1,215
  4. 233Adrain#990#1,223
  5. 230Kiel#846#1,076

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988