Breton was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Breton as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#12,008 (5)
2022
#8,990 (8)
2021
#9,714 (7)
2020
#9,554 (7)
2019
#12,145 (5)
2018
#10,760 (6)
2017
#10,775 (6)
2016
#10,744 (6)
2015
#8,040 (9)
2013
#8,789 (8)
2012
#9,709 (7)
2007
#9,788 (7)
2006
#6,460 (12)
2005
#7,640 (9)
2003
#8,643 (7)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1988 at #2,860.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1959.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.