Breck
Boy · BREK · Scottish
Breck is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “freckled, speckled”. In 2025 it ranked 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).
What does Breck mean?
Scottish: from Scottish Gaelic breac, via a nickname and surname
“freckled, speckled”
Recalls Alan Breck Stewart, the Jacobite adventurer in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped.
- Say it
- BREK
Is Breck a girl's or a boy's name?
Breck is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Breck in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,990among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 42,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Breck, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,798th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 86 boys. It first appears in the records in 1945.
2025 had fewer boys named Breck than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Breck in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 16% of the babies named Breck in the US were girls.
Breck in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #2,990 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 81 | #1,928 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,167 |
| 2021 | 81 | #1,883 |
| 2020 | 83 | #1,798 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,000 |
| 2018 | 63 | #2,188 |
| 2017 | 80 | #1,844 |
| 2016 | 86 | #1,774 |
| 2015 | 75 | #1,931 |
| 2014 | 79 | #1,857 |
| 2013 | 70 | #1,963 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,048 |
| 2011 | 69 | #1,987 |
| 2010 | 73 | #1,923 |
| 2009 | 52 | #2,450 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,582 |
| 2007 | 49 | #2,533 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,744 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,434 |
| 1969 | 33 | #1,396 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,613 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,286 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,449 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,614 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,241 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,405 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,319 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,301 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1957 | 28 | #1,486 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,442 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,886 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | 20 | #1,682 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
Names like Breck
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Finn Brayden Keegan Brennan Declan Kayden Finnegan Braden Ronan Aiden Ridge
Names related to Breck
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas