Barret
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAIR-et
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Barret is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Barret mean?
English: spelling of Barrett; English surname
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the Victorian poet of 'How do I love thee?', is a famous bearer of the surname.
Meaning borrowed from Barrett.
Is Barret a girl's or a boy's name?
Barret is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Barret in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Barret, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
2025 had more boys named Barret than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Barret in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,202 boys in the US were given Barret or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #184, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
Barret in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,209 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,789 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 39 | #1,533 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,562 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
Names like Barret
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brandon Bryson Wyatt Colt Colton Brody Beckett Bridger Braxton Tanner Colter Landon
Other spellings of Barret
Names related to Barret
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Barret: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/barret, updated 20 October 2026.