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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991boysat 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
1911
1910
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1908
1907#1,2006
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1889#8786
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1886#9595
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1880
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 1991

girls
#6,976
12 births · 1 in 156,251 girls
boys
#767
178 births · 1 in 11,350 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #6,976Barrett12

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #767Barrett178
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 156,251 of them was named Barrett, which outranked 54.9% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Barrett
  1. #6,588Yevette13
  2. #6,588Yohanna13
  3. #6,588Ysabel13
  4. #6,976Barrett12
  5. #6,976Aarica12
  6. #6,976Abygail12
  7. #6,976Adah12
  8. #7,430Abeer11
  9. #7,430Abigal11
  10. #7,430Aiko11

Tied with 453 names at #6,976; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 1,600Rebeccah#2,600#1,000
  2. 1,221Ieshia#1,938#717
  3. 1,135Miriah#2,081#946
  4. 861Alexus#1,813#952
  5. 676Chynna#1,512#836
Fallers
  1. 568Infant#432#1,000
  2. 510Lakeshia#897#1,407
  3. 466Latifah#701#1,167
  4. 432Martika#757#1,189
  5. 416Cecily#575#991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 11,350 of them was named Barrett, which outranked 92.1% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Barrett
  1. #762Randal180
  2. #765Lyle179
  3. #765Stevie179
  4. #767Barrett178
  5. #767Darien178
  6. #767Darrel178
  7. #767Keon178
  8. #771Greg177
  9. #771Kirby177
  10. #771Ted177

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. 4,462Devante#5,382#920
  2. 1,656Unnamed#2,628#972
  3. 1,496Jaleel#2,373#877
  4. 811Gunnar#1,516#705
  5. 672Dijon#1,587#915
Fallers
  1. 1,000Arsenio#744#1,744
  2. 773Brittany#995#1,768
  3. 281Infant#389#670
  4. 281Jarret#881#1,162
  5. 273Elton#963#1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991