Brees
The Story of Brees
As a girl name
American parents first put Brees on the record books as a girl name in 2010, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 10 Breess were born — ranking #9,732 that year. About 84% of every Brees on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Brees last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 38 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Brees on the record books as a boy name in 2010, with 22 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2020, when 27 Breess were born — ranking #3,809 that year. About 55% of every Brees on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Brees ranks #7,636 for boys with 7 births, falling sharply (-40%). All told, over 231 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Brees
Brees is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2010 and has accumulated 231 births in the dataset. Brees's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #3,809. Use the chart and map above to compare Brees'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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