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 1984
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#131 · 1 in 851
- Iowa#151 · 1 in 1,184
- Utah#153 · 1 in 1,101
- Kansas#155 · 1 in 1,026
- Maine#165 · 1 in 1,463
Best ever in a state: #25 in Utah, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #131 | 14 | 1 in 851 |
| Iowa | #151 | 17 | 1 in 1,184 |
| Utah | #153 | 16 | 1 in 1,101 |
| Kansas | #155 | 17 | 1 in 1,026 |
| Maine | #165 | 5 | 1 in 1,463 |
| Idaho | #172 | 7 | 1 in 1,097 |
| Washington | #191 | 21 | 1 in 1,493 |
| Kentucky | #232 | 10 | 1 in 2,463 |
| Wisconsin | #246 | 11 | 1 in 3,092 |
| Oregon | #256 | 8 | 1 in 2,336 |
| Colorado | #257 | 11 | 1 in 2,261 |
| Minnesota | #267 | 8 | 1 in 3,949 |
| Indiana | #274 | 12 | 1 in 3,150 |
| Massachusetts | #275 | 10 | 1 in 3,738 |
| Ohio | #287 | 23 | 1 in 3,327 |
| Pennsylvania | #287 | 21 | 1 in 3,608 |
| Missouri | #293 | 10 | 1 in 3,564 |
| Oklahoma | #319 | 8 | 1 in 3,010 |
| Michigan | #331 | 15 | 1 in 4,247 |
| Illinois | #344 | 26 | 1 in 3,149 |
| Virginia | #381 | 8 | 1 in 4,492 |
| Arizona | #385 | 7 | 1 in 3,548 |
| Maryland | #394 | 5 | 1 in 5,343 |
| California | #403 | 52 | 1 in 4,084 |
| Tennessee | #457 | 5 | 1 in 6,281 |
| Florida | #467 | 14 | 1 in 5,086 |
| Texas | #468 | 31 | 1 in 4,607 |
| Louisiana | #471 | 8 | 1 in 4,484 |
| North Carolina | #482 | 6 | 1 in 6,516 |
| Georgia | #505 | 7 | 1 in 5,955 |
| New York | #570 | 15 | 1 in 7,790 |
| New Jersey | #574 | 5 | 1 in 8,868 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 336,763 of them was named Bret, which outranked 14.4% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,759 names at #10,422; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 3,941 of them was named Bret, which outranked 94.8% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).