Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Barret

#3,946 most common boys' name of all time · #9,619 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1960–2025

Rank among boys
#3,946
Rank overall
#9,619 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,389
Since 2016
277
Peak year
2019 #3,012
Best rank
#1,554 1983
Girls Boys peak 40/yr
1960198020002020

Barret first appears in 1960. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 30 30 #3,686
2024 — 23 23 #4,464
2023 — 21 21 #4,776
2022 — 28 28 #3,905
2021 — 21 21 #4,670
2020 — 24 24 #4,178
2019 — 40 40 #3,012
2018 — 28 28 #3,824
2017 — 34 34 #3,336
2016 — 28 28 #3,808
2015 — 31 31 #3,539
2014 — 23 23 #4,302
2013 — 36 36 #3,081
2012 — 19 19 #4,912
2011 — 18 18 #5,044
2010 — 14 14 #6,101
2009 — 20 20 #4,788
2008 — 28 28 #3,773
2007 — 22 22 #4,417
2006 — 20 20 #4,571
2005 — 15 15 #5,354
2004 — 19 19 #4,480
2003 — 19 19 #4,322
2002 5 15 20 #4,990
2001 — 13 13 #5,464
2000 — 15 15 #4,870
1999 — 21 21 #3,635
1998 — 16 16 #4,268
1997 — 26 26 #2,930
1996 — 24 24 #3,057
1995 — 19 19 #3,494
1994 — 21 21 #3,267
1993 — 23 23 #2,995
1992 — 22 22 #3,047
1991 — 15 15 #3,904
1990 — 32 32 #2,239
1989 — 25 25 #2,585
1988 — 26 26 #2,341
1987 — 30 30 #2,044
1986 — 34 34 #1,822
1985 — 30 30 #1,955
1984 — 26 26 #2,075
1983 — 39 39 #1,554
1982 — 39 39 #1,588
1981 — 36 36 #1,654
1980 — 23 23 #2,263
1979 — 23 23 #2,216
1978 — 14 14 #3,023
1977 — 18 18 #2,534
1976 — 28 28 #1,813
1975 — 30 30 #1,694
1974 — 16 16 #2,530
1973 — 16 16 #2,493
1972 — 16 16 #2,400
1971 — 16 16 #2,447
1970 — 8 8 #3,759
1969 — 8 8 #3,548
1968 — 5 5 #4,599
1967 — 7 7 #3,504
1966 — 6 6 #3,897
1965 — 11 11 #2,610
1964 — 5 5 #4,522
1963 — 7 7 #3,619
1962 — 8 8 #3,298
1961 — 5 5 #4,574
1960 — 6 6 #4,009