Breyden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAY-den
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Breyden is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “salmon”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Breyden mean?
Irish: spelling of Braden, from the surname Ó Bradáin
“salmon”
Variant of Braden, from the Irish surname Ó Bradáin, based on bradán 'salmon'.
Is Breyden a girl's or a boy's name?
Breyden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Breyden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Breyden, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 69 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Breyden in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,823 boys in the US were given Breyden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #221, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.
Breyden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,620 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,065 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,144 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,186 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,167 |
| 2008 | 69 | #2,027 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,094 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,081 |
| 2005 | 50 | #2,321 |
| 2004 | 43 | #2,527 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Breyden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aiden, Kayden, Keegan, Finn, Declan, Ronan, Brecken, Finnegan, Braylen, Raiden, Brogan, Kian
Other spellings of Breyden
Brayden, Braydon, Braiden, Bradyn, Braeden, Braedyn, Braedon, Braydan, Braydyn, Braydin
Names related to Breyden
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Callan, Lennon, Cillian
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, “Breyden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/breyden, updated 20 October 2026.