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Brea

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Brea is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 51 births. Its best rank was 771st, in 1993.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
510.00% of girls
Peak year
1993268 births
Best rank
#771in 1993
Since 1972
5,684people given the name
Babies named Brea, by year of birthgirls
012525037550018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

5,684 girls have been named Brea in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 268 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 32%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Brea
1970s383
1980s609
1990s1,795
2000s1,392
2010s1,165
2020s340

In 1993, its biggest year

Brea was the 771st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1993 were Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, Samantha and Emily. See all of 1993.

Names that rose and fell with Brea

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.