Breton Popularity by Year
Follow Breton across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Breton birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 5 | #12,008 | Down 3,018 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 8 | #8,990 | Up 724 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 7 | #9,714 | Down 160 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 7 | #9,554 | Up 2,591 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 5 | #12,145 | Down 1,385 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 6 | #10,760 | Up 15 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 6 | #10,775 | Down 31 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 6 | #10,744 | Down 2,704 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 9 | #8,040 | Up 749 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 8 | #8,789 | Up 920 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 7 | #9,709 | Up 79 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 7 | #9,788 | Down 3,328 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 12 | #6,460 | Up 1,180 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 9 | #7,640 | Up 1,003 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 7 | #8,643 | Down 187 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 7 | #8,456 | Up 787 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 6 | #9,243 | Down 131 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 6 | #9,112 | Down 2,582 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 9 | #6,530 | Up 3,101 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 5 | #9,631 | Down 1,521 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 6 | #8,110 | Down 974 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 7 | #7,136 | Down 2,345 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 12 | #4,791 | Up 661 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 10 | #5,452 | Down 755 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 12 | #4,697 | Up 539 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 10 | #5,236 | Up 1,283 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 7 | #6,519 | Down 2,112 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 12 | #4,407 | Up 758 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 9 | #5,165 | Down 2,305 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 19 | #2,860 | Up 661 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 13 | #3,521 | Down 516 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 16 | #3,005 | Up 396 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 13 | #3,401 | Down 131 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 13 | #3,270 | Up 871 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 9 | #4,141 | Down 175 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 10 | #3,966 | Up 187 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 9 | #4,153 | Up 787 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 7 | #4,940 | Up 415 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 6 | #5,355 | Up 417 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 5 | #5,772 | Up 73 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 5 | #5,845 | Down 1,904 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 8 | #3,941 | Up 249 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 7 | #4,190 | Down 496 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 8 | #3,694 | Up 747 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 6 | #4,441 | Down 211 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 6 | #4,230 | Down 295 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 6 | #3,935 | Down 262 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 6 | #3,673 | Down 688 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 8 | #2,985 | Down 358 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 10 | #2,627 | Down 88 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 11 | #2,539 | Up 502 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 8 | #3,041 | Up 315 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 7 | #3,356 | Up 682 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 5 | #4,038 | Down 1,001 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 8 | #3,037 | — |