Breeze
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BREEZ
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Breeze is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “gentle wind”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Breeze mean?
English: English word name
“gentle wind”
Is Breeze a girl's or a boy's name?
Breeze is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls and 31 boys in the US.
How popular is Breeze in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Breeze in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Breeze in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Breeze in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Breeze, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974. 31 boys were also named Breeze in 2025 (3,582nd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Breeze in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2013, 79% of the babies named Breeze in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 44%, with more boys than girls since 2023.
Breeze in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Breeze
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brooke, Maeve, Caoimhe, Aoife, Niamh, Blake, Ellie, Keira, Raine, Eden, Jasmine, Cove
Names related to Breeze
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Breeze: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/breeze, updated 20 October 2026.