Boys' name · since 2012

Brettly

16 babies named Brettly in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#30,574 of 45,481
all-time among boys
16
born since 2012
2010s
peak decade

Brettly is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 16 have been recorded since 2012.

Brettly has 16 recorded births among boys since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2015.

  • #30,574 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 16 born since 2012
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brettly ranks #30,574 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.

#30,574 of 45,481
all-time among boys
16
born since 2012
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Brettly's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Brettly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Brettly's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 31% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 69%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Brettly popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2015

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2012)
11
Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
4681012 20122015 5

Brettly by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).

2010s was Brettly's strongest decade.

16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Brettly births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Brettly? ▼
16 babies have been named Brettly since 2012. All-time, it sits at #30,574 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2012 with 11 births.
Where does Brettly sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brettly ranks #30,574 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Brettly most popular? ▼
Brettly was most popular in the 2010s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Brettly been used? ▼
Brettly has been recorded in Social Security data since 2012, spanning 4 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Brettly? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brett, Brent, Brendan, Brennan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Brettly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2012–2015 (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 Brettly 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.