Breege

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Breege: Recorded since 1964, it reached #272 in 1981, and it was last ranked in 1997.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#272highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Republic of Ireland · Girls

Falling

among girls in Republic of Ireland · 1964–1997

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Republic of Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1964	#372
1968	#401
1969	#443
1970	#396
1971	#466
1972	#428
1973	#508
1974	#374
1975	#343
1976	#312
1977	#518
1978	#388
1979	#467
1980	#337
1981	#272
1982	#333
1983	#438
1984	#365
1985	#456
1986	#422
1987	#488
1988	#442
1989	#445
1990	#409
1997	#576

VerifiedSource: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingRepublic of Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 25 of the 34 years from 1964 to 1997.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1964–1997 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #372 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 recorded1964–1997
Highest recorded position: #272 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1981 (recorded 1964–1997).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1997
Most recently recorded at #576 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1997.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Breege 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 Breege in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	9	3 of 10	3
1970s	49	10 of 10	5
1980sbusiest	64	10 of 10	6
1990s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Breege appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1964 to 1997. Highest recorded position: #272 in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

Breege'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
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#409	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#438	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	14	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#337	9	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	9	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified

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 1 registrar between 1964 and 1997, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #272, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

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.

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Breeze · #1617, 22y
Breffni · #229, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Gert · #273, 23y
Narve · #273, 29y
Anne-Marit · #274, 30y
Daiva · #274, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Miranda · #272, 54y
Siril · #272, 41y
Aleksandar · #273, 56y
Gwen · #271, 52y

Breege was ranked #272 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1981. 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.

Breege 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 Breege without appearing here.

Breege moved ahead of

Jude Compare
In 1979 they stood at #388 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #337 and #542.
Camilla Compare
In 1989 they stood at #445 and #408 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1990 that had become #409 and #517.
Jeanette Compare
In 1988 they stood at #442 and #381 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1989 that had become #445 and #503.
Lynette Compare
In 1988 they stood at #488 and #488 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1989 that had become #445 and #503.

Moved ahead of Breege

Shannon Compare
In 1986 they stood at #422 and #521 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1987 that had become #488 and #386.
Leah Compare
In 1970 they stood at #396 and #447 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1971 that had become #466 and #383.
Emilie Compare
In 1996 they stood at #409 and #517 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #576 and #496.
Holly Compare
In 1982 they stood at #272 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1983 that had become #438 and #365.

Moved the opposite way to Breege

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breege went from #372 to #576 while Aisling went from #154 to #18.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breege went from #372 to #576 while Alexandra went from #222 to #132.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breege went from #372 to #576 while Alison went from #146 to #53.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breege went from #372 to #576 while Aoife went from #206 to #2.

Moved the same way as Breege

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breege went from #372 to #576 and Alice from #57 to #88.
Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breege went from #372 to #576 and Alma from #327 to #496.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breege went from #372 to #576 and Amelia from #300 to #576.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1997 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Breege went from #372 to #576 and Angela from #24 to #200.

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Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1964 to 1997. Highest recorded position: #272 in Republic of Ireland in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Breege

Breege at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Breege by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Breege at a glance

Breege by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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