Bret

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Bret first appears in the U.S. data in 1926 and has been recorded in 85 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1959 with 1,839 babies (rank #170 that year). In 2024 it was given to 21 boys (rank #4,712). The name has been declining over the last five years.
30,030
Total babies (all years)
85
Years in the data
1,839
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19265#4,276
194010#2,343
19419#2,507
194312#2,189
19448#2,657
194510#2,266
194612#2,158
194728#1,397
194819#1,709
194925#1,466
195034#1,233
195125#1,489
195248#1,045
195355#968
195482#795
195591#763
195681#831
1957194#556
19581,514#187
19591,839#170
19601,242#223
1961740#284
1962786#274
1963787#274
1964787#275
1965743#274
1966860#243
1967836#243
1968841#246
1969791#264
1970871#260
1971734#284
1972628#293
1973541#322
1974509#342
1975462#359
1976505#341
1977415#385
1978381#396
1979490#359
1980410#400
1981532#342
19821,098#217
1983504#352
1984458#381
1985502#365
1986509#367
1987537#364
1988487#410
1989545#398
1990546#418
1991516#434
1992463#468
1993405#507
1994414#494
1995388#519
1996350#544
1997285#614
1998305#605
1999335#580
2000274#657
2001246#714
2002189#869
2003171#956
2004160#1,022
2005151#1,094
200699#1,519
2007109#1,465
2008123#1,380
200996#1,641
201089#1,716
201172#1,931
201242#2,820
201339#2,897
201445#2,669
201533#3,378
201633#3,369
201723#4,344
201834#3,306
201921#4,659
202017#5,273
202122#4,511
202223#4,451
202327#4,014
202421#4,712