Brett — #1059 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Brett

The Social Security Administration has registered 158,979 babies named Brett between 1926 and 2024, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brett currently holds the #1059 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 4,731 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brett performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 41,293 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Brett shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16,086 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Brett in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brett 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 158,979 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.