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.

Bretton

#4,514 most common boys' name of all time · #11,093 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1958–2025

Rank among boys
#4,514
Rank overall
#11,093 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
1,106
Since 2016
101
Peak year
1987 #1,814
Best rank
#1,814 1987
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
1960198020002020

Bretton first appears in 1958. 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 11 #7,298
2024 — 6 6 #11,164
2023 — 5 5 #12,552
2022 — 8 8 #9,146
2021 — 12 12 #6,778
2020 — 10 10 #7,630
2019 — 13 13 #6,491
2018 — 14 14 #6,114
2017 — 12 12 #6,787
2016 — 10 10 #7,722
2015 — 11 11 #7,156
2014 — 23 23 #4,298
2013 — 21 21 #4,509
2012 — 23 23 #4,292
2011 — 29 29 #3,629
2010 — 17 17 #5,310
2009 — 17 17 #5,392
2008 — 11 11 #7,294
2007 — 13 13 #6,354
2006 — 13 13 #6,180
2005 — 15 15 #5,349
2004 — 16 16 #5,082
2003 — 22 22 #3,880
2002 — 23 23 #3,711
2001 — 15 15 #4,967
2000 — 29 29 #3,028
1999 — 32 32 #2,688
1998 — 22 22 #3,432
1997 — 28 28 #2,785
1996 — 25 25 #2,959
1995 — 36 36 #2,227
1994 — 29 29 #2,585
1993 — 28 28 #2,604
1992 — 32 32 #2,324
1991 — 27 27 #2,570
1990 — 23 23 #2,825
1989 — 26 26 #2,508
1988 — 26 26 #2,340
1987 — 36 36 #1,814
1986 — 27 27 #2,146
1985 — 29 29 #2,001
1984 — 24 24 #2,210
1983 — 8 8 #4,688
1982 — 13 13 #3,390
1981 — 14 14 #3,142
1980 — 14 14 #3,192
1979 — 11 11 #3,722
1978 — 8 8 #4,373
1977 — 8 8 #4,389
1976 — 9 9 #3,890
1975 — 10 10 #3,576
1974 — 22 22 #2,033
1973 — 13 13 #2,824
1972 — 13 13 #2,779
1971 — 15 15 #2,539
1970 — 15 15 #2,496
1969 — 14 14 #2,402
1968 — 15 15 #2,188
1967 — 8 8 #3,191
1966 — 6 6 #3,880
1965 — 5 5 #4,320
1961 — 9 9 #3,091
1960 — 8 8 #3,325
1959 — 8 8 #3,277
1958 — 11 11 #2,641