Breda

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Breda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Breda: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #131, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
50times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#131highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2005

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#4798

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 49 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2005: #461 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4798 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #131 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #131 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Breda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Breda in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	192	6 of 10	32
1970sbusiest	413	10 of 10	41
1980s	346	10 of 10	35
1990s	117	9 of 10	13
2000s	38	7 of 10	5
2010s	18	5 of 10	4
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 41 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Breda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #131 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Breda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	9	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	13	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	13	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	14	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#223	17	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#244	15	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	22	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#190	23	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	27	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	22	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	28	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	35	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#163	36	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	43	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	49	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	48	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#182	35	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	45	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	45	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	48	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	45	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#182	28	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#154	48	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	36	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#158	40	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	40	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	38	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	22	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#135	41	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	35	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#133	37	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	20	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#131	37	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #131, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1982.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 41 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Breandan · #199, 13y
Breanna · #88, 29y
Brede · #181, 79y
Bree · #424, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Brid · #131, 54y
Colman · #125, 48y
Derrick · #137, 52y
Augustine · #124, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Brid · #131, 54y
Darran · #132, 35y
Lotta · #132, 34y
Pauric · #132, 55y

Breda was ranked #131 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Breda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Breda without appearing here.

Breda moved ahead of

Sharon Compare
In 2019 they stood at #629 and #629 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2020 that had become #544 and #834.
Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #894 and #894 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #629 and #896.
Janet Compare
In 2017 they stood at #910 and #910 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #629 and #896.
Lorraine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #894 and #894 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #629 and #896.

Moved ahead of Breda

Maja Compare
In 2007 they stood at #362 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #750 and #73.
Harper Compare
In 2012 they stood at #742 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #894 and #241.
Stephanie Compare
In 2024 they stood at #544 and #700 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #885 and #294.
Lena Compare
In 2007 they stood at #461 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #750 and #189.

Moved the opposite way to Breda

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breda went from #131 to #885 while Ada went from #372 to #45.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breda went from #131 to #885 while Amelia went from #300 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breda went from #131 to #885 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breda went from #131 to #885 while Aoife went from #206 to #34.

Moved the same way as Breda

Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breda went from #131 to #885 and Alison from #146 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breda went from #131 to #885 and Amanda from #118 to #608.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breda went from #131 to #885 and Angela from #24 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breda went from #131 to #885 and Ann from #4 to #443.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #131 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Breda

Breda at a glance

What the data shows

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Breda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Breda at a glance

Breda by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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