babynames.io
Your favorites Sign in or create an account
Start swiping

boy's name

Brekken

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 507

Brekken is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2016, when 40 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 368,460 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2001.

Brekken over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

303
'00 '10 '20
Show the numbers
Births named Brekken by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 109
2010s 303
2020s (to 2025) 95

How popular is Brekken?

In 2025, Brekken was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Brekken

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Brekken also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Brekken over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Brekken

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Brekken — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Brekken

How popular is the name Brekken?

In 2025, Brekken was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Brekken a girl's or a boy's name?

Brekken is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Brekken most popular?

Brekken peaked in 2016, when 40 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Brekken a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Brekken currently ranks #8,542 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.