Barrett
Where Barrett comes from
Barrett hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.
Along the way
- 1886First appearance#959 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1941Barrett Strong bornAmerican singer and songwriter
- 1977Barrett Foa bornAmerican actor
- 2025Peak, #1712,138 babies named Barrett — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.
Namesakes
- Barrett Foa · American actor, born 1977
- Barrett Strong · American singer and songwriter, 1941–2023
- Barrett Deems · American musician, 1914–1998
- Barrett Wilbert Weed · American singer and actress, born 1988
- Barrett Martin · American drummer, born 1967
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.