How rare is the name Bree?

10,012 people in the United States have the first name Bree, about 1 in 30,167. It ranks #2,464 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BREE

#2,464

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,012
About
1 in 30,167
This common or more
79.9%
Who bears it

Of the 10,012 people named Bree, 75% reported their origin as White, 9.3% as Black and 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 99% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bree peaked in 2010, when 308 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
308
In 2025*
60 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,304 babies have been given the name since 1971. 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.

Bree by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,526. The largest share of babies named Bree, 35.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#1,5261,527
1980s#1,7621,433
1990s#1,9981,587
2000s#2,0142,058
2010s#2,0942,156
2020s#3,798543
Generation X 1965–8018.6%
Millennials 1981–9626.2%
Generation Z 1997–1235.3%
2013 and later20%

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 Bree is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bree has been most common in Utah (4.7×), California (1.9×), and Arizona (1.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.31×).

6,026 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 Bree

1 other first name also has 10,012 people.

#2,464 Buddy · 10,012

Either side of Bree

#2,462 Desirae · 10,017#2,463 Deven · 10,015#2,464 Buddy · 10,012#2,466 Harris · 10,007

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,894 Brea · 5,033#4,893 Brie · 3,658#7,712 Bre · 1,948#21,612 Brae · 468#26,290 Breea · 355#37,708 Brye · 206#40,051 Brey · 187#42,480 Brei · 169

Also a last name

As a last name, Bree ranks #34,023 of 156,621, with 719 people. See Bree as a last name

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