Breda
Breda is a name with multiple cultural origins: Irish, Slovene.
- Irish
- Slovene
Meaning & Origin of Breda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Breda is a name with multiple cultural origins: Irish, Slovene.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Irish
- Slovene
The Story of Breda
Breda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1952, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1962: 9 births, good for #4,533 nationwide. The 1960s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 43% of all recorded Bredas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1987 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 91 Bredas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Breda
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About the name Breda
Breda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1952 and has accumulated 91 births in the dataset. Breda's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #4,533. Use the chart and map above to compare Breda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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