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.

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
19401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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