Bret — #4719 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bret

The Social Security Administration has registered 29,798 babies named Bret between 1926 and 2024, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bret currently holds the #4719 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 1,839 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bret performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 8,413 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Bret shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,880 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Bret in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bret 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 29,798 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.