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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Breckin

Breckin was the 5647th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked 1610th; the most babies were born in 2012 (89). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,591 places. More babies were named Breckin in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#5,647 boys, down 1,490 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
16boys
Girls and boys
6% girls, 94% boys2021–2025
Peak year
201289 babies
Total since 1880
1,415babies recorded

Breckin popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025—#5,647—16
2020—#4,157—24
2010#10,560#1,8691077
2000—#6,916—9
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How popular is Breckin, counting every spelling?

Breckin is a spelling of Brecken, a name family that ranked #1,045 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #5,647 for Breckin on its own. Together these spellings went to 194 boys in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Brecken159#1,2521,049
Brekken9#8,35982
Breckin16#5,64780
Breckon10#7,75637
Breccan——35

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Breckin?

16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Breckin (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Breckin born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Breckin.

Chance of another Breckin in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Breckin?

About 1,200 people born in the US named Breckin are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 11 and 19. That makes Breckin mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

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These names rose and fell in step with Breckin: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Breckin, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Breckin

How popular is the name Breckin?

Breckin was the 5647th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked 1610th; the most babies were born in 2012 (89). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,591 places. More babies were named Breckin in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Breckin a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 6% girls, 94% boys given the name Breckin in the US.