How Many People Are Named Brees?
An estimated 251 people in the United States have the first name Brees. It is used for both genders, with 85.0% male. The average bearer is 9 years old, and Brees peaked in popularity in 2019 with 36 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Brees as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Brees paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
251
About 1 in 1,365,555 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
85.0% confidence
Average Age
9
years old
Peak Year
2019
36 births
Total Registered
253
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Brees
Brees is predominantly male (85.0%), though 38 female births have been registered. It functions as a unisex name for a small percentage of bearers.
Brees as a male name
Ranked #7,299 in 2024
11 male births in 2024
Peak: 2020 (27 births)
Brees as a female name
Ranked #13,742 in 2020
6 female births in 2020
Peak: 2019 (10 births)
Brees: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Brees span from the 2010s to the 2020s, covering 2 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 158 babies were registered. While Brees is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Brees by Decade
How has Brees tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Brees + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Brees as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Brees
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Brees: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Brees?
We estimate approximately 251 people named Brees are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,365,555 Americans share this first name.
Is Brees a common name?
Brees is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 253 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Brees most popular?
Brees reached peak popularity in 2019, when 36 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Brees is approximately 9 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Brees a male name?
Brees is predominantly male. 85.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Brees Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Brees Smith, Brees Johnson, Brees Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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