Breslin
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- BREZ-lin
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Breslin is a name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Breaslán”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Breslin mean?
Irish: Irish surname, from Gaelic Ó Breasláin
“descendant of Breaslán”
It comes from the Gaelic surname Ó Breasláin, found especially in Donegal.
Is Breslin a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Breslin has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Breslin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Breslin, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008. 5 boys were also named Breslin in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Breslin in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Breslin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
Names like Breslin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Braelynn Brynlee Lennon Brynn Briar Rynlee Keegan Devyn Rowan Sevyn Brooklyn
Names related to Breslin
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy
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, “Breslin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/breslin, updated 20 October 2026.