Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Breton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Breton” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Breton” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Breton” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Breton” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Breton” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Breton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Breton” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 -100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 -100%
1963 11 0.000002779 11 -100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1975 8 0.00000265 8 -100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 6 0.000001803 6 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 -100%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 -100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 -100%
1985 13 0.000003642 13 -100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 -100%
1987 13 0.000003605 13 -100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 -100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 -100%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 -100%
2003 7 0.000001841 7 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2012 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%

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