Brekyn
The Story of Brekyn
As a girl name
American parents first put Brekyn on the record books as a girl name in 2002, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 14 Brekyns were born — ranking #8,008 that year. About 56% of every Brekyn on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Brekyn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 99 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Brekyn on the record books as a boy name in 2003, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 7 Brekyns were born — ranking #9,864 that year. About 77% of every Brekyn on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Brekyn last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 52 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Brekyn
Brekyn is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 99 births in the dataset. Brekyn's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #8,008. Use the chart and map above to compare Brekyn'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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