Brekken
Recorded 2001–2025 · United States
Brekken was most popular in 2016, when 40 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,493 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 507 people named Brekken.
Brekken over time
How old is the name Brekken?
Brekken first appears in Social Security Administration records in 2001, which makes it about 24 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 25 of the 25 years since.
How many people are named Brekken?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 507 American births named Brekken between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 502 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Brekken in 2025?
9 American babies were named Brekken in 2025, ranking #17,163 that year.
Is Brekken getting more or less popular?
Brekken is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 16 births a year, against 34 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -51% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Brekken a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Brekken is a boy’s name — 4.3% of the 507 Americans given it were girls and 95.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 2% girls and 98% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Brekken?
Roughly 502 Americans named Brekken are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 8 and 16. That is a narrow band because Brekken is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Brekken is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org