Barrett
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Barrett is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 171st for boys in the US (2,138 babies).
What does Barrett mean?
English: English surname
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the Victorian poet of 'How do I love thee?', is a famous bearer of the surname.
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Is Barrett a girl's or a boy's name?
Barrett is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls and 2,138 boys in the US.
How popular is Barrett in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #171among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,138about 1 in 800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.7%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,138 boys in the US were named Barrett, making it the 171st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 193rd. It first appears in the records in 1886. 40 girls were also named Barrett in 2025 (3,711th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Barrett of any year since it first appeared, in 1886.
Half of all the boys named Barrett in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Barrett in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,138 | #171 |
| 2024 | 1,989 | #187 |
| 2023 | 1,787 | #206 |
| 2022 | 1,789 | #208 |
| 2021 | 1,962 | #193 |
| 2020 | 2,010 | #193 |
| 2019 | 1,863 | #209 |
| 2018 | 1,808 | #213 |
| 2017 | 1,612 | #234 |
| 2016 | 1,389 | #261 |
| 2015 | 1,142 | #313 |
| 2014 | 959 | #346 |
| 2013 | 878 | #359 |
| 2012 | 804 | #376 |
| 2011 | 626 | #436 |
| 2010 | 468 | #541 |
| 2009 | 464 | #571 |
| 2008 | 408 | #610 |
| 2007 | 362 | #662 |
| 2006 | 273 | #765 |
| 2005 | 286 | #713 |
| 2004 | 233 | #778 |
| 2003 | 205 | #844 |
| 2002 | 173 | #923 |
| 2001 | 178 | #881 |
| 2000 | 151 | #981 |
| 1999 | 171 | #882 |
| 1998 | 138 | #992 |
| 1997 | 146 | #928 |
| 1996 | 145 | #906 |
| 1995 | 157 | #859 |
| 1994 | 152 | #869 |
| 1993 | 167 | #815 |
| 1992 | 142 | #884 |
| 1991 | 178 | #763 |
| 1990 | 213 | #695 |
| 1989 | 195 | #701 |
| 1988 | 211 | #652 |
| 1987 | 199 | #646 |
| 1986 | 213 | #610 |
| 1985 | 233 | #574 |
| 1984 | 201 | #599 |
| 1983 | 223 | #564 |
| 1982 | 230 | #564 |
| 1981 | 276 | #506 |
| 1980 | 187 | #636 |
| 1979 | 183 | #636 |
| 1978 | 147 | #691 |
| 1977 | 153 | #684 |
| 1976 | 156 | #655 |
| 1975 | 152 | #669 |
| 1974 | 137 | #700 |
| 1973 | 136 | #683 |
| 1972 | 138 | #683 |
| 1971 | 114 | #767 |
| 1970 | 96 | #825 |
| 1969 | 129 | #696 |
| 1968 | 84 | #809 |
| 1967 | 84 | #793 |
| 1966 | 78 | #827 |
| 1965 | 75 | #847 |
| 1964 | 89 | #799 |
| 1963 | 81 | #842 |
| 1962 | 98 | #769 |
| 1961 | 84 | #838 |
| 1960 | 75 | #875 |
| 1959 | 72 | #902 |
| 1958 | 71 | #891 |
| 1957 | 63 | #956 |
| 1956 | 61 | #953 |
| 1955 | 68 | #897 |
| 1954 | 65 | #917 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,101 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,110 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,016 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1948 | 32 | #1,279 |
| 1947 | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,003 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,038 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,053 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,089 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,187 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,067 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,194 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,540 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,390 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,540 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,509 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,927 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,793 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,298 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,869 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,766 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
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