Bret
#667 most common boys' name of all time · #1,496 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1926–2025
Rank among boys
#667
Rank overall
#1,496 of 105,966
First appeared
1926
Years on the list
86 of 146
All-time
30,051
Since 2016
241
Peak year
1959 #170
Best rank
#170 1959
Girls
Boys
peak 1,839/yr
Bret first appears in 1926. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,897 |
| 2024 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,735 |
| 2023 | — | 27 | 27 | #4,027 |
| 2022 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,471 |
| 2021 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,517 |
| 2020 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,278 |
| 2019 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,666 |
| 2018 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,316 |
| 2017 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,354 |
| 2016 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,377 |
| 2015 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,381 |
| 2014 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,675 |
| 2013 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,916 |
| 2012 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,830 |
| 2011 | 6 | 72 | 78 | #1,931 |
| 2010 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,718 |
| 2009 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,638 |
| 2008 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,383 |
| 2007 | 7 | 109 | 116 | #1,468 |
| 2006 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,523 |
| 2005 | 7 | 151 | 158 | #1,099 |
| 2004 | — | 160 | 160 | #1,025 |
| 2003 | — | 171 | 171 | #957 |
| 2002 | 7 | 189 | 196 | #871 |
| 2001 | — | 246 | 246 | #716 |
| 2000 | 8 | 274 | 282 | #658 |
| 1999 | 6 | 335 | 341 | #580 |
| 1998 | 9 | 305 | 314 | #605 |
| 1997 | 10 | 285 | 295 | #614 |
| 1996 | 12 | 350 | 362 | #544 |
| 1995 | 14 | 388 | 402 | #519 |
| 1994 | 19 | 414 | 433 | #494 |
| 1993 | 9 | 405 | 414 | #509 |
| 1992 | — | 463 | 463 | #468 |
| 1991 | — | 516 | 516 | #434 |
| 1990 | 5 | 546 | 551 | #418 |
| 1989 | 5 | 545 | 550 | #399 |
| 1988 | 10 | 487 | 497 | #411 |
| 1987 | 13 | 536 | 549 | #365 |
| 1986 | 13 | 509 | 522 | #367 |
| 1985 | 11 | 502 | 513 | #366 |
| 1984 | 5 | 458 | 463 | #382 |
| 1983 | 10 | 504 | 514 | #353 |
| 1982 | 6 | 1,098 | 1,104 | #217 |
| 1981 | 12 | 532 | 544 | #342 |
| 1980 | 5 | 410 | 415 | #400 |
| 1979 | — | 490 | 490 | #359 |
| 1978 | — | 381 | 381 | #396 |
| 1977 | — | 415 | 415 | #385 |
| 1976 | — | 505 | 505 | #341 |
| 1975 | — | 462 | 462 | #359 |
| 1974 | — | 509 | 509 | #342 |
| 1973 | — | 541 | 541 | #322 |
| 1972 | 5 | 628 | 633 | #294 |
| 1971 | 6 | 734 | 740 | #284 |
| 1970 | 7 | 871 | 878 | #260 |
| 1969 | — | 791 | 791 | #264 |
| 1968 | 5 | 841 | 846 | #246 |
| 1967 | — | 837 | 837 | #243 |
| 1966 | — | 860 | 860 | #243 |
| 1965 | — | 743 | 743 | #274 |
| 1964 | — | 786 | 786 | #275 |
| 1963 | — | 787 | 787 | #274 |
| 1962 | — | 787 | 787 | #274 |
| 1961 | — | 741 | 741 | #284 |
| 1960 | — | 1,242 | 1,242 | #223 |
| 1959 | — | 1,839 | 1,839 | #170 |
| 1958 | — | 1,514 | 1,514 | #187 |
| 1957 | — | 194 | 194 | #557 |
| 1956 | — | 81 | 81 | #832 |
| 1955 | — | 91 | 91 | #765 |
| 1954 | — | 82 | 82 | #797 |
| 1953 | — | 55 | 55 | #973 |
| 1952 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,054 |
| 1951 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,515 |
| 1950 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,255 |
| 1949 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,498 |
| 1948 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,755 |
| 1947 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,423 |
| 1946 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,264 |
| 1945 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,381 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,851 |
| 1943 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,274 |
| 1941 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,651 |
| 1940 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,474 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,764 |