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.

Brettney

#23,061 most common girls' name of all time · #37,516 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1985–1999

Rank among girls
#23,061
Rank overall
#37,516 of 105,966
First appeared
1985
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
121
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1985 #5,674
Best rank
#5,674 1985
Girls Boys peak 13/yr

Brettney first appears in 1985. 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
1999 6 — 6 #13,499
1998 5 — 5 #15,203
1997 9 — 9 #9,500
1995 10 — 10 #8,585
1994 6 — 6 #12,748
1993 8 — 8 #10,268
1992 13 — 13 #7,000
1991 10 — 10 #8,468
1990 8 — 8 #9,983
1989 10 — 10 #7,971
1988 10 — 10 #7,623
1987 7 — 7 #9,688
1986 6 — 6 #10,741
1985 13 — 13 #5,674