How Many People Are Named Brecken?

5,876

people named Brecken are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 58,166 people in the US has this name

Based on 5,929 babies named Brecken in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,356

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,281

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Peak Year

2017

375 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
15.0%
Male
85.0%

Of the babies given the name Brecken, 15% were girls and 85% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Brecken fell from 59.6% in the 1990s to 10.8% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Brecken alive today is about 11 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 15 in 2025.

Under 30 5,721
97.4%
30 to 59 154
2.6%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Brecken first appears in the records in 1976 and was given most often in 2017, to 375 babies. In 2025, 193 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Brecken has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #712, in 2017. In 2025 it ranked #1,252. Among girls, its best rank was #3,847, in 2020.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#1,252#4,187
Best rank#712 (2017)#3,847 (2020)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#809 in the 2010s#4,853 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Brecken alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Brecken were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 406 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brecken was given 11.7 times as often in Nebraska, 11.1 times in South Dakota and 8.8 times in Iowa.

Minnesota 406
Texas 331
Iowa 317
Nebraska 270
Kansas 260
Wisconsin 255
Colorado 242
Missouri 197
Illinois 173
Michigan 165
Utah 161
Oklahoma 157
Indiana 131
South Dakota 104
Ohio 103
California 100
Florida 79
Pennsylvania 77
Washington 61
Arizona 49
North Carolina 36
Georgia 36
North Dakota 32
Virginia 25
Idaho 23
Arkansas 19
New York 16
Wyoming 12
Louisiana 11
Maryland 10
Tennessee 6
Kentucky 6
West Virginia 6
Montana 5
Connecticut 5

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