Barrett — #186 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Barrett

The Social Security Administration has registered 31,284 babies named Barrett between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barrett currently holds the #186 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 2,010 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barrett performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11,549 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Barrett shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,316 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Barrett in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barrett in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 31,284 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.