Brett
#214 most common boys' name of all time · #467 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1926–2025
Rank among boys
#214
Rank overall
#467 of 105,966
First appeared
1926
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
162,513
Since 2016
2,550
Peak year
1986 #69
Best rank
#69 1986
Girls
Boys
peak 4,904/yr
Brett 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 | 11 | 133 | 144 | #1,385 |
| 2024 | 15 | 207 | 222 | #1,059 |
| 2023 | 12 | 187 | 199 | #1,130 |
| 2022 | 21 | 216 | 237 | #1,026 |
| 2021 | 20 | 201 | 221 | #1,065 |
| 2020 | 17 | 241 | 258 | #924 |
| 2019 | 8 | 275 | 283 | #822 |
| 2018 | 12 | 288 | 300 | #789 |
| 2017 | 16 | 315 | 331 | #749 |
| 2016 | 22 | 333 | 355 | #734 |
| 2015 | 5 | 324 | 329 | #746 |
| 2014 | 17 | 386 | 403 | #665 |
| 2013 | 10 | 360 | 370 | #671 |
| 2012 | 19 | 427 | 446 | #596 |
| 2011 | 12 | 510 | 522 | #508 |
| 2010 | 19 | 729 | 748 | #389 |
| 2009 | 14 | 766 | 780 | #392 |
| 2008 | 28 | 1,070 | 1,098 | #311 |
| 2007 | 18 | 958 | 976 | #333 |
| 2006 | 16 | 1,082 | 1,098 | #304 |
| 2005 | 28 | 1,389 | 1,417 | #243 |
| 2004 | 41 | 1,565 | 1,606 | #222 |
| 2003 | 32 | 1,614 | 1,646 | #217 |
| 2002 | 23 | 1,868 | 1,891 | #198 |
| 2001 | 37 | 1,964 | 2,001 | #188 |
| 2000 | 41 | 2,383 | 2,424 | #163 |
| 1999 | 56 | 2,773 | 2,829 | #137 |
| 1998 | 69 | 2,886 | 2,955 | #133 |
| 1997 | 68 | 3,268 | 3,336 | #116 |
| 1996 | 91 | 3,577 | 3,668 | #110 |
| 1995 | 117 | 3,567 | 3,684 | #106 |
| 1994 | 108 | 3,435 | 3,543 | #107 |
| 1993 | 54 | 3,546 | 3,600 | #102 |
| 1992 | 65 | 3,823 | 3,888 | #97 |
| 1991 | 71 | 4,153 | 4,224 | #88 |
| 1990 | 78 | 4,394 | 4,472 | #84 |
| 1989 | 122 | 4,428 | 4,550 | #81 |
| 1988 | 98 | 4,375 | 4,473 | #73 |
| 1987 | 127 | 4,429 | 4,556 | #71 |
| 1986 | 175 | 4,729 | 4,904 | #69 |
| 1985 | 95 | 4,328 | 4,423 | #70 |
| 1984 | 77 | 4,096 | 4,173 | #72 |
| 1983 | 85 | 3,975 | 4,060 | #73 |
| 1982 | 116 | 4,026 | 4,142 | #72 |
| 1981 | 76 | 3,775 | 3,851 | #79 |
| 1980 | 79 | 3,128 | 3,207 | #96 |
| 1979 | 73 | 2,997 | 3,070 | #98 |
| 1978 | 69 | 2,305 | 2,374 | #112 |
| 1977 | 78 | 2,489 | 2,567 | #109 |
| 1976 | 85 | 2,415 | 2,500 | #109 |
| 1975 | 66 | 2,779 | 2,845 | #92 |
| 1974 | 79 | 2,677 | 2,756 | #95 |
| 1973 | 58 | 3,030 | 3,088 | #88 |
| 1972 | 59 | 3,503 | 3,562 | #80 |
| 1971 | 46 | 3,357 | 3,403 | #90 |
| 1970 | 45 | 3,370 | 3,415 | #99 |
| 1969 | 45 | 3,183 | 3,228 | #94 |
| 1968 | 29 | 2,901 | 2,930 | #105 |
| 1967 | 29 | 2,790 | 2,819 | #111 |
| 1966 | 31 | 2,575 | 2,606 | #118 |
| 1965 | 29 | 2,342 | 2,371 | #132 |
| 1964 | 37 | 2,551 | 2,588 | #129 |
| 1963 | 36 | 2,610 | 2,646 | #129 |
| 1962 | 25 | 2,494 | 2,519 | #141 |
| 1961 | 15 | 2,069 | 2,084 | #159 |
| 1960 | 20 | 2,320 | 2,340 | #151 |
| 1959 | 18 | 2,226 | 2,244 | #154 |
| 1958 | 23 | 2,135 | 2,158 | #155 |
| 1957 | 17 | 653 | 670 | #293 |
| 1956 | 6 | 393 | 399 | #376 |
| 1955 | 7 | 464 | 471 | #341 |
| 1954 | 7 | 430 | 437 | #343 |
| 1953 | 8 | 265 | 273 | #437 |
| 1952 | 9 | 251 | 260 | #447 |
| 1951 | 7 | 223 | 230 | #454 |
| 1950 | 7 | 215 | 222 | #450 |
| 1949 | — | 139 | 139 | #573 |
| 1948 | — | 140 | 140 | #568 |
| 1947 | — | 94 | 94 | #710 |
| 1946 | — | 48 | 48 | #979 |
| 1945 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,325 |
| 1944 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,681 |
| 1943 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,429 |
| 1942 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,419 |
| 1941 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,684 |
| 1940 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,981 |
| 1939 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,447 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,853 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,961 |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,090 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,233 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,490 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,765 |