Brees comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Fresh, gentle wind or moving air..
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How popular is Brees?
2020peak year
Brees first appears in the U.S. registration record in 2010. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2020, 27 babies received the name (ranked #3830). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #6163), with roughly 18 babies named Brees each year. Brees's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 253 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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