Brea
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
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
By decade
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.
- Passionpeak 1992
- Kristiannapeak 1994
- Moriahpeak 1992
- Jaymeepeak 1992
- Beccapeak 1993
- Karlypeak 1993
- Tianapeak 1998
- Kristianapeak 1997
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.