Bretten — boys' name
21 babies named Bretten in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
76% of everyone ever named Bretten was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Bretten in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bretten
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Bretten between 1991 and 2007, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bretten currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bretten performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bretten shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bretten 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 21 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.
Bretten at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bretten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1991
- Peak year (2004)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
21 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 6 births in a single year.
Bretten by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 16 births that decade — 76% of Bretten's all-time total
Bretten decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Bretten's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.