Girls' name · since 1962
Brette
Brette has 601 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,544 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,466 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 601
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brette currently ranks #13466 among girls' names in America, with 601 babies recorded since 1962.
Brette has 601 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13466 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #10,544 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,466 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 601 born since 1962
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brette ranks #10,544 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,466 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 601 born since 1962, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,544 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,466 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 601
- born since 1962
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brette's 601 recorded births place it above 85.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Brette compares
601 Top 41% higher than 59% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Brette's all-time total is 60% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Brette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 601 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Brette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Brette's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Brette popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Brette popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1970 (Brette as boys' name)
Brette by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (198 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Brette's strongest decade.
198 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Brette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 33
1960s
33 births
- 1970s 58
1970s
58 births
- 1980s
1980s
175 births
- 1990s
1990s
198 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s 34
2010s
34 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 198 births (33% of all-time use).
How Brette compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Brette's total volume
Brette by state
Where Brette concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 601 births nationwide.
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What to do with Brette's data
- Brette's decade-level peak was the 1990s (198 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Brettes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Brette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~63 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1962–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brette draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.