Breckyn
Recorded 1992–2025 · United States
Breckyn was most popular in 2014, when 84 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,959 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,111, with 35 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,238 people named Breckyn.
Breckyn over time
How old is the name Breckyn?
Breckyn first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1992, which makes it about 33 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 29 of the 34 years since.
How many people are named Breckyn?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,238 American births named Breckyn 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 1,228 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Breckyn in 2025?
35 American babies were named Breckyn in 2025, ranking #7,111 that year.
Is Breckyn getting more or less popular?
Breckyn is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 38 births a year, against 71 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -46% 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 Breckyn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Breckyn is a unisex name — 74.0% of the 1,238 Americans given it were girls and 26.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 69% girls and 31% 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 Breckyn?
Roughly 1,228 Americans named Breckyn are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 7 and 16. That is a narrow band because Breckyn 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 Breckyn 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