Barrett

#3,712 for girls in 2025, 40 births · #171 for boys in 2025, 2,138 births
Given to boys 97.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 2,138 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
33,425
since 1886

Barrett over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Barrett has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,71240#1712,138
2024#4,77228#1871,989
2023#4,56530#2061,787
2022#4,67129#2081,789
2021#4,09035#1931,962
2020#5,85020#1932,010
2019#4,43731#2091,863
2018#4,00136#2131,808
2017#4,38432#2341,612
2016#7,23016#2611,389
2015#5,28825#3131,142
2014#5,99321#346959
2013#6,25520#359878
2012#6,57619#376804
2011#5,20726#436626
2010#4,18035#541468
2009#4,48233#571464
2008#5,01329#610408
2007#6,32321#662362
2006#5,90622#765273
2005#5,80021#713286
2004#5,55522#778233
2003#6,29918#845205
2002#4,38128#924173
2001#6,32217#882178
2000#6,80815#983151
1999#5,42419#884171
1998#4,95521#995138
1997#5,86816#930146
1996#7,13012#908145
1995#6,64113#862157
1994#7,60411#872152
1993#5,41917#817167
1992#8,7349#887142
1991#6,97612#767178
1990#10,1937#697213
1989#5,83614#704195
1988#5,06516#652211
1987#7,3539#646199
1986#6,61210#610213
1985#6,9559#574233
1984#5,89911#599201
1983#5,45712#564223
1982#7,4698#564230
1981#4,96314#506276
1980#10,3925#636187
1979#4,84214#636183
1978#6,3859#691147
1977#5,88810#684153
1976#655156
1975#5,16111#669152
1974#7,6806#700137
1973#5,5809#683136
1972#683138
1971#6,0068#767114
1970#82596
1969#6,6176#696129
1968#80984
1967#79384
1966#82778
1965#6,5395#84775
1964#79989
1963#84281
1962#77098
1961#83984
1960#87675
1959#90372
1958#89271
1957#95763
1956#95461
1955#89868
1954#91865
1953#1,10244
1952#1,11143
1951#1,01748
1950#1,13939
1949#1,38028
1948#1,28032
1947#1,29732
1946#1,00346
1945#1,01639
1944#1,03840
1943#1,05341
1942#1,08939
1941#1,18731
1940#1,06737
1939#1,19430
1938#1,31026
1937#1,34425
1936#1,54019
1935#1,39024
1934#1,86015
1933#1,54020
1932#1,50922
1931#1,92715
1930#2,17813
1929#1,79318
1928#1,96016
1927#2,29813
1926#2,07415
1925#1,87018
1924#2,47312
1923#2,61411
1922#2,24014
1921#1,76620
1920#1,88518
1919#2,26513
1918#2,69910
1917#2,7329
1916#2,7309
1915#1,96814
1914#1,77213
1913#2,0928
1912#2,2696
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1908
1907#1,2006
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1889#8786
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1886#9595
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Barrett! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Barrett
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#187#171)
  • 22 spots since 2020 (#193#171)
  • 142 spots since 2015 (#313#171)
  • Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1954 (#1,102#918)
  • Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1970 (#696#825)
Rise & fade · boys
139 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 2025 at #171 (2,138 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 74 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1954–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 799
  • Highest: 1 in 799 boys born in 2025 were named Barrett (0.13%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 34.9% of all boys named Barrett (11,675) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#878 (1889)#919
1890s0
1900s6#1,200 (1907)#1,200
1910s82#1,772 (1914)#2,316
1920s155#1,766 (1921)#2,097
1930s209#1,194 (1939)#1,579
1940s365#1,003 (1946)#1,141
1950s574#892 (1958)#989
1960s877#696 (1969)#810
1970s1,412#636 (1979)#699
1980s2,168#506 (1981)#606
1990s1,609#697 (1990)#862
2000s2,733#571 (2009)#773
2010s11,549#209 (2019)#329
2020s11,675#171 (2025)#193

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Barrett in 1973

girls
#5,580
9 births · 1 in 162,023 girls
boys
#683
136 births · 1 in 11,460 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #5,580Barrett9

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #683Barrett136
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 162,023 of them was named Barrett, which outranked 43.1% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Barrett
  1. #5,191Yvetta10
  2. #5,191Zoie10
  3. #5,191Zuri10
  4. #5,580Barrett9
  5. #5,580Adelaide9
  6. #5,580Adella9
  7. #5,580Afi9
  8. #6,080Abril8
  9. #6,080Adine8
  10. #6,080Adrienna8

Tied with 499 names at #5,580; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 4,091Cicely#4,793#702
  2. 2,295Aubrey#3,177#882
  3. 1,847Nyree#2,680#833
  4. 1,533Danyell#2,523#990
  5. 1,496Vonetta#2,311#815
Fallers
  1. 1,814Camisha#815#2,629
  2. 470Andra#904#1,374
  3. 416Cherilyn#823#1,239
  4. 284Keena#848#1,132
  5. 281Nicolle#734#1,015

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 11,460 of them was named Barrett, which outranked 88.4% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Barrett
  1. #678Torrey138
  2. #681Darron137
  3. #681Taylor137
  4. #683Barrett136
  5. #683Jamel136
  6. #683Nickolas136
  7. #683Quinn136
  8. #688Dusty135
  9. #689Bradly134
  10. #689Brooks134

Tied with 4 names at #683; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 2,348Vashon#3,152#804
  2. 1,405Jory#2,158#753
  3. 348Pernell#1,262#914
  4. 345Enoch#1,307#962
  5. 273Tarik#1,177#904
Fallers
  1. 669Jabbar#917#1,586
  2. 361Wes#993#1,354
  3. 326Paris#797#1,123
  4. 284Christophe#984#1,268
  5. 272Bennett#851#1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973