Breeze
Feminine · “A light wind”
Breeze is given to both — 925 girls and 221 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Breeze is a light wind, and it is one of a small group of weather words that American naming has taken up: Storm, Rain, Sky, Summer, Winter, Breeze. What separates it from the others is that it names not the weather but the pleasant part of it.
How old is the name Breeze?
Breeze first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Breeze alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 900 people named Breeze are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Breeze most popular?
Breeze peaked in 2005, reaching #3942 nationally. Today it ranks #5238, 1,296 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.
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Where it comes from
From briza to Breeze
Our story of Breeze
Weather names have a long history in English-speaking naming and a distinctly modern shape. The nineteenth century had none of them; the twentieth produced Summer, Autumn, Rain, Storm, Sky and Breeze, nearly all after 1960, and nearly all for girls. What they share is that they name something pleasant and impermanent, and what they do not share is a source: some are seasons, some are conditions, some are places in the sky. Breeze belongs to the mildest end of the group. Its American record begins in the 1970s and its peak in 2005 sits alongside Skye and Summer rather than with the harder Storm and Rain. It is also, unavoidably, a word used to describe something easy — a breeze — which is a second meaning the name carries whether or not it was wanted.
Meaning
A light wind
The English word appears in the sixteenth century, apparently from Old Spanish or Portuguese briza, a northeasterly wind, though the earlier history is not clear. In English it first meant the northeast trade wind specifically and only later a light wind of any kind. The reading as a name is simply the modern English sense.
How the name formed
- briza
- breeze
Related forms: Brisa · Brisa · Brezza
Pronouncing Breeze
BREEZ
One syllable, exactly as the English word. There is no alternative saying.
Nicknames for Breeze
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1974
- Most girls named
- 200536 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3942reached in 2005
- Change vs 2024
- −11.1%24 in 2025, from 27
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Breeze in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Brisa in Spanish — related form
- Brisa in Portuguese — related form
- Brezza in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, California, Texas.
Breezes among us
people named Breeze are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 66,969 born in 2025 was named Breeze
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Breeze
- #5238
- Breeze on the 2025 chart
- #931
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Breeze went to 24 girls in 2025, but Breece is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 29, which makes it the 931st most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,307 places above the chart.
- Breeze24
- Breece5
About 1 girl in 55,423 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 66,969 for Breeze itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Graziella test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Breeze's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Graziella climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Graziella's path sketches the road Breeze is walking now.
Breeze sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Breeze beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Breeze in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It is an ordinary English word and never has to be spelled out.
- Bree works as a short form and is a name in its own right.
- One syllable and no difficult sound anywhere.
- A breeze also means something easy, which a schoolyard will use.
- It is a word name, which invites comment throughout a life.
- Brisa is the Spanish equivalent and is a more established name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Breezes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Breeze are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Breeze?
- Breeze is the most-used spelling in US records — 24 of the 29 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Breece.
- How popular is the name Breeze in 2025?
- Breeze ranks #5238 among US girl names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Breeze?
- About 1 in every 66,969 US girls born in 2025 was named Breeze — 24 in all.
- Will my child share the name Breeze with classmates?
- Breeze will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Breeze
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