Barrett
Barrett was given to 2,138 boys in 2025, #171 among boys’ names; 34,417 Americans have been recorded with it since 1886 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 32,900 Americans named Barrett and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 9 years old and half are between 5 and 19.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Barrett by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Barrett?
#171 among boys’ names, 2025
Barrett rose from #313 in 2015 to #171 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.60 to 1.3 per 1,000.
2,178 babies in 2025, the peak
Barrett peaked in 2025, when 2,178 babies were given it (2,138 boys, #171 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 1,989 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,138 | #171 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 1,989 | #187 | 1.2 |
| 2023 | 1,787 | #206 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 1,789 | #208 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | 1,962 | #193 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 2,010 | #193 | 1.2 |
| 2019 | 1,863 | #209 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 1,808 | #213 | 1.0 |
| 2017 | 1,612 | #234 | 0.87 |
| 2016 | 1,389 | #261 | 0.73 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,142 | #313 | 0.60 |
| 2014 | 959 | #346 | 0.50 |
| 2013 | 878 | #359 | 0.46 |
| 2012 | 804 | #376 | 0.42 |
| 2011 | 626 | #436 | 0.33 |
| 2010 | 468 | #541 | 0.24 |
| 2009 | 464 | #571 | 0.23 |
| 2008 | 408 | #610 | 0.20 |
| 2007 | 362 | #662 | 0.17 |
| 2006 | 273 | #765 | 0.13 |
| 2005 | 286 | #713 | 0.14 |
| 2004 | 233 | #778 | 0.12 |
| 2003 | 205 | #844 | 0.10 |
| 2002 | 173 | #923 | 0.09 |
| 2001 | 178 | #882 | 0.09 |
| 2000 | 151 | #982 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 171 | #882 | 0.09 |
| 1998 | 138 | #992 | 0.07 |
| 1997 | 146 | #928 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 145 | #907 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 157 | #860 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 152 | #870 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 167 | #816 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 142 | #884 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 178 | #763 | 0.09 |
| 1990 | 213 | #696 | 0.10 |
| 1989 | 195 | #701 | 0.10 |
| 1988 | 211 | #652 | 0.11 |
| 1987 | 199 | #648 | 0.11 |
| 1986 | 213 | #610 | 0.12 |
| 1985 | 233 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1984 | 201 | #599 | 0.11 |
| 1983 | 223 | #564 | 0.12 |
| 1982 | 230 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1981 | 276 | #506 | 0.15 |
| 1980 | 187 | #636 | 0.10 |
| 1979 | 183 | #636 | 0.11 |
| 1978 | 147 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 153 | #684 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 156 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1975 | 152 | #669 | 0.10 |
| 1974 | 137 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1973 | 136 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1972 | 138 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1971 | 114 | #767 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 96 | #825 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 129 | #696 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 84 | #809 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 84 | #794 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 78 | #827 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 75 | #847 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 89 | #799 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 81 | #843 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 98 | #769 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 84 | #838 | 0.04 |
| 1960 | 75 | #875 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 72 | #902 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 71 | #891 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 63 | #956 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 61 | #953 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 68 | #898 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 65 | #919 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,102 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,114 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,020 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,140 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,383 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 32 | #1,279 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,297 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,004 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,016 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,040 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,056 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,094 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,190 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,069 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,197 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,312 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,346 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,547 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,392 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,866 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,542 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,512 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,938 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,190 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,796 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,968 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,306 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,082 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,876 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,484 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,632 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,252 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,770 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,893 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,271 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,705 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,748 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,743 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,979 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,103 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,298 | 0.01 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,205 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 6 | #885 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 5 | #976 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Barrett a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 34,417 Americans recorded as Barrett, 3% are girls and 97% boys. In 2025 it went to 40 girls and 2,138 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Barrett: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Barrett, and how old are they?
32,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 34,417 Americans ever recorded as Barrett. The median Barrett alive today is 9 years old; half are between 5 and 19.
The 2020 Census counted 20,844 people named Barrett (852 women and girls, 19,992 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 21,898 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 113 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 786 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,900 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,150 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,380 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 21,500 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Barrett born?
The states with the most babies named Barrett are Texas, Tennessee and Ohio, with 20% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Tennessee is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 202 | #186 | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 117 | #72 | 1.5× |
| Ohio | 116 | #115 | 1.0× |
| California | 96 | #360 | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 90 | #131 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 88 | #145 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 80 | #260 | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 77 | #81 | 1.4× |
| Michigan | 69 | #148 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 64 | #196 | 0.6× |
Where Barrett is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Barrett is most over-represented in Nebraska: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Barrett with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 36,099 babies since 1880, Barrett is the most given (95% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,178 of their 2,208 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Barrett
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Barrett and names like it
- Compare Barrett and BarretBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sBarrett peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Barrett since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Barrett.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Barrett alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with BMost given first.