Brecken
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- BREK-en
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,252 for boys
Brecken is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,252nd for boys in the US (159 babies).
Where does Brecken come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps from a surname
More on Wiktionary.
Is Brecken a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Brecken has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls and 159 boys in the US.
How popular is Brecken in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,252among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 159about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 159 boys in the US were named Brecken, making it the 1,252nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 796th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 343 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990. 34 girls were also named Brecken in 2025 (4,171st for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Brecken than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Brecken in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 202 boys in the US were given Brecken or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #982, up from #1,252 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 38% of the babies named Brecken in the US in 2000, and 18% in 2025.
Brecken in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 159 | #1,252 |
| 2024 | 189 | #1,126 |
| 2023 | 208 | #1,047 |
| 2022 | 249 | #928 |
| 2021 | 244 | #927 |
| 2020 | 291 | #796 |
| 2019 | 292 | #790 |
| 2018 | 322 | #740 |
| 2017 | 343 | #712 |
| 2016 | 332 | #735 |
| 2015 | 335 | #730 |
| 2014 | 304 | #769 |
| 2013 | 239 | #878 |
| 2012 | 244 | #863 |
| 2011 | 204 | #967 |
| 2010 | 190 | #1,019 |
| 2009 | 193 | #1,014 |
| 2008 | 121 | #1,399 |
| 2007 | 108 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 86 | #1,654 |
| 2005 | 75 | #1,749 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,071 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,098 |
| 2002 | 59 | #1,884 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
Names like Brecken
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Brayden Braylen Finnegan Rayden Aiden Raiden Finn Declan Ronan Deacon Keegan
Other spellings of Brecken
Names related to Brecken
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Brecken: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brecken, updated 20 October 2026.