Bret
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #14,824 · #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 1,839 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 29,819since 1926
Bret over time
Rank among boys' names. Bret has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,857 | 20 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,002 | 27 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,442 | 23 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,494 | 22 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,639 | 21 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,301 | 34 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,331 | 23 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,358 | 33 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,365 | 33 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,661 | 45 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,895 | 39 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,811 | 42 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #1,927 | 72 |
| 2010 | — | #1,713 | 89 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,638 | 96 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,380 | 123 | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #1,464 | 109 |
| 2006 | — | #1,519 | 99 | |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #1,093 | 151 |
| 2004 | — | #1,022 | 160 | |
| 2003 | — | #956 | 171 | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #868 | 189 |
| 2001 | — | #714 | 246 | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #657 | 274 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #580 | 335 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #604 | 305 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #614 | 285 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #543 | 350 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | #519 | 388 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | #494 | 414 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #507 | 405 |
| 1992 | — | #468 | 463 | |
| 1991 | — | #432 | 516 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #418 | 546 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #398 | 545 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #410 | 487 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #365 | 536 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | #366 | 509 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #365 | 502 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #381 | 458 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #352 | 504 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #217 | 1,098 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | #342 | 532 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #400 | 410 |
| 1979 | — | #359 | 490 | |
| 1978 | — | #396 | 381 | |
| 1977 | — | #385 | 415 | |
| 1976 | — | #341 | 505 | |
| 1975 | — | #359 | 462 | |
| 1974 | — | #342 | 509 | |
| 1973 | — | #322 | 541 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #293 | 628 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #284 | 734 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #260 | 871 |
| 1969 | — | #264 | 791 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #246 | 841 |
| 1967 | — | #243 | 837 | |
| 1966 | — | #243 | 860 | |
| 1965 | — | #274 | 743 | |
| 1964 | — | #275 | 786 | |
| 1963 | — | #274 | 787 | |
| 1962 | — | #274 | 787 | |
| 1961 | — | #284 | 741 | |
| 1960 | — | #223 | 1,242 | |
| 1959 | — | #170 | 1,839 | |
| 1958 | — | #187 | 1,514 | |
| 1957 | — | #556 | 194 | |
| 1956 | — | #831 | 81 | |
| 1955 | — | #763 | 91 | |
| 1954 | — | #795 | 82 | |
| 1953 | — | #966 | 55 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,044 | 48 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,489 | 25 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,232 | 34 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,462 | 25 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,703 | 19 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,394 | 28 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,143 | 12 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
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| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Bret! It came in at #4,201, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1926–1939, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bret is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#102 · 1 in 420
- Idaho#104 · 1 in 425
- Montana#113 · 1 in 550
- South Dakota#117 · 1 in 597
- Wyoming#134 · 1 in 585
Best ever in a state: #25 in Utah, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #102 | 29 | 1 in 420 |
| Idaho | #104 | 17 | 1 in 425 |
| Montana | #113 | 14 | 1 in 550 |
| South Dakota | #117 | 13 | 1 in 597 |
| Wyoming | #134 | 6 | 1 in 585 |
| Kansas | #144 | 27 | 1 in 830 |
| Iowa | #172 | 22 | 1 in 1,375 |
| Indiana | #175 | 41 | 1 in 1,322 |
| Nebraska | #181 | 12 | 1 in 1,346 |
| Minnesota | #187 | 21 | 1 in 1,964 |
| Colorado | #188 | 18 | 1 in 1,221 |
| California | #204 | 142 | 1 in 1,331 |
| Ohio | #212 | 53 | 1 in 2,105 |
| Washington | #213 | 18 | 1 in 1,710 |
| Oregon | #220 | 11 | 1 in 1,597 |
| West Virginia | #221 | 9 | 1 in 2,090 |
| Hawaii | #230 | 6 | 1 in 1,245 |
| Missouri | #251 | 20 | 1 in 2,420 |
| Oklahoma | #271 | 11 | 1 in 2,140 |
| Michigan | #274 | 27 | 1 in 3,452 |
| Pennsylvania | #281 | 27 | 1 in 4,374 |
| Wisconsin | #285 | 10 | 1 in 4,740 |
| Illinois | #299 | 33 | 1 in 3,452 |
| Texas | #332 | 51 | 1 in 2,345 |
| New Mexico | #335 | 5 | 1 in 2,659 |
| Louisiana | #348 | 14 | 1 in 2,947 |
| New Jersey | #374 | 9 | 1 in 7,012 |
| Virginia | #431 | 6 | 1 in 7,215 |
| Georgia | #436 | 8 | 1 in 5,979 |
| New York | #483 | 19 | 1 in 9,450 |
| Florida | #501 | 7 | 1 in 7,854 |
| North Carolina | #539 | 5 | 1 in 10,568 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bret
- 156 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #4,857)
- 378 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #4,857)
- 1,492 spots since 2015 (#3,365 → #4,857)
- Biggest jump: 369 spots in 1958 (#556 → #187)
- Biggest drop: 154 spots in 2002 (#714 → #868)
- Debuted 1926
- Peaked 1959 at #170 (1,839 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1953–2003
- Highest: 1 in 1,161 boys born in 1959 were named Bret (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.2% of all boys named Bret (8,415) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,201 (1926) | #4,201 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 133 | #1,394 (1947) | #2,064 |
| 1950s | 3,963 | #170 (1959) | #803 |
| 1960s | 8,415 | #223 (1960) | #260 |
| 1970s | 5,536 | #260 (1970) | #334 |
| 1980s | 5,581 | #217 (1982) | #360 |
| 1990s | 4,007 | #418 (1990) | #518 |
| 2000s | 1,618 | #657 (2000) | #1,131 |
| 2010s | 431 | #1,713 (2010) | #3,100 |
| 2020s | 130 | #4,002 (2023) | #4,622 |
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.
Bret in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 2,867 of them was named Bret, which outranked 93.9% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.