Brett

Where Brett comes from

Related to Breton, Brittany, and more distantly Briton.
— Wiktionary's entry for Brett
  • From a surname
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1926
    First appearance
    #4,201 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Brett Kavanaugh born
    U.S. Supreme Court justice since 2018
  3. 1979
    Brett Emerton born
    Australian association football player
  4. 1986
    Peak, #69
    4,729 babies named Brett — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #188.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Brett Kavanaugh · U.S. Supreme Court justice since 2018, born 1965
  • Brett Emerton · Australian association football player, born 1979
  • Brett Ratner · American film director and producer, born 1969
  • Brett Holman · Australian association football player, born 1984
  • Brett Favre · American football player, born 1969

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.