Breagha

Breagha was the #226 girls' name in Scotland in 2025 (16 babies).

Breagha as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Breagha as a girl’s name, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1974–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75119801990200020102020Scotland
Breagha as a girl’s name, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1974–2025, for England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.751198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & WalesScotland
2025—#226 (16)
2024—#275 (13)
2023—#281 (13)
2022—#232 (17)
2021—#261 (15)
2020—#313 (11)
2019—#322 (11)
2018#5,666 (3)#286 (13)
2017—#501 (6)
2016—#303 (13)
2015—#416 (8)
2014—#477 (7)
2013—#506 (6)
2012—#665 (4)
2011—#674 (4)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Scotland in 2022 at #232.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Scotland in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby girls in the published Scotland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Breagha is likely to keep falling in Scotland in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 940 to 1 in 1,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.