How rare is the name Brea?

5,033 people in the United States have the first name Brea, about 1 in 60,010. It ranks #3,894 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BREA

#3,894

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,033
About
1 in 60,010
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,033 people named Brea, 54.2% reported their origin as White, 30.8% as Black and 6.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Brea peaked in 1993, when 268 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19722025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
268
In 2025*
53 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,739 babies have been given the name since 1972. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Brea by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,823. The largest share of babies named Brea, 39.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#3,491383
1980s#2,986609
1990s#1,8231,795
2000s#2,6371,392
2010s#3,2121,166
2020s#4,660394
Generation X 1965–808.1%
Millennials 1981–9632.4%
Generation Z 1997–1239.9%
2013 and later19.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Brea is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brea has been most common in Maryland (2.2×), Florida (1.9×), and Minnesota (1.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.39×).

3,048 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Brea

1 other first name also has 5,033 people.

#3,894 Karie · 5,033

Either side of Brea

#3,891 Kati · 5,037#3,893 Donn · 5,036#3,894 Karie · 5,033#3,896 Dariel · 5,030

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brea, most common first.

#2,009 Bria · 13,654#2,464 Bree · 10,012#7,712 Bre · 1,948#14,606 Breah · 804#19,811 Breya · 529#25,481 Brya · 372#26,290 Breea · 355#26,440 Breia · 352

Also a last name

As a last name, Brea ranks #16,822 of 156,621, with 1,652 people. See Brea as a last name

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