Breton
Boy · BRET-on · French
Breton is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “from Brittany”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Breton mean?
French: word for a person from Brittany
“from Brittany”
Breton is also the Celtic language of Brittany, a close relative of Cornish and Welsh.
- Say it
- BRET-on
Is Breton a girl's or a boy's name?
Breton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Breton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Breton, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the boys named Breton in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Breton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
Names like Breton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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