Brey

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brey by the numbers

Brey was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Brey

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Bretfrom brittany; a breton23 in the US (2017)
  • Brayhillside or slope6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Brenraven or teardrop14 in the US (2017)
  • Brecfreckled7 in the US (2017)
  • Brek12 in the US (2017)
  • Brex9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Brey

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