Bretton — #11086 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bretton

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,095 babies named Bretton between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bretton currently holds the #11086 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bretton performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 282 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Bretton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Bretton in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bretton 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 1,095 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.