Brett
Boy · BRET · English
Brett is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “a Breton”. In 2025 it ranked 1,382nd for boys in the US (133 babies).
What does Brett mean?
English: surname for a person from Brittany
“a Breton”
- Say it
- BRET
More on Wiktionary.
Is Brett a girl's or a boy's name?
Brett is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls and 133 boys in the US.
How popular is Brett in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 226 boys.
Half of all the boys named Brett in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#92).
Brett in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,476 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,199 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,095 |
| 2010 | 29 | #1,047 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,032 |
| 2008 | 43 | #751 |
| 2007 | 54 | #619 |
| 2006 | 59 | #560 |
| 2005 | 74 | #441 |
| 2004 | 73 | #421 |
| 2003 | 90 | #339 |
| 2002 | 111 | #283 |
| 2001 | 89 | #337 |
| 2000 | 129 | #251 |
| 1999 | 150 | #226 |
| 1998 | 163 | #224 |
| 1997 | 193 | #195 |
| 1996 | 226 | #161 |
How popular is Brett in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,382among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 133about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 133 boys in the US were named Brett, making it the 1,382nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 924th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 4,729 boys. It first appears in the records in 1926. 11 girls were also named Brett in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Brett than any year since 1947.
Half of all the boys named Brett in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 153 boys in the US were given Brett or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,161, up from #1,382 for this spelling alone.
- Brett 133
- Bret 20
Brett in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 133 | #1,382 |
| 2024 | 207 | #1,057 |
| 2023 | 187 | #1,128 |
| 2022 | 216 | #1,025 |
| 2021 | 201 | #1,064 |
| 2020 | 241 | #924 |
| 2019 | 275 | #820 |
| 2018 | 288 | #788 |
| 2017 | 315 | #748 |
| 2016 | 333 | #733 |
| 2015 | 324 | #745 |
| 2014 | 386 | #664 |
| 2013 | 360 | #669 |
| 2012 | 427 | #596 |
| 2011 | 510 | #508 |
| 2010 | 729 | #389 |
| 2009 | 766 | #392 |
| 2008 | 1,070 | #311 |
| 2007 | 958 | #333 |
| 2006 | 1,082 | #304 |
| 2005 | 1,389 | #243 |
| 2004 | 1,565 | #222 |
| 2003 | 1,614 | #217 |
| 2002 | 1,868 | #198 |
| 2001 | 1,964 | #188 |
| 2000 | 2,383 | #163 |
| 1999 | 2,773 | #137 |
| 1998 | 2,886 | #133 |
| 1997 | 3,268 | #116 |
| 1996 | 3,577 | #110 |
| 1995 | 3,567 | #106 |
| 1994 | 3,435 | #107 |
| 1993 | 3,546 | #102 |
| 1992 | 3,823 | #97 |
| 1991 | 4,153 | #88 |
| 1990 | 4,394 | #84 |
| 1989 | 4,428 | #81 |
| 1988 | 4,375 | #73 |
| 1987 | 4,429 | #71 |
| 1986 | 4,729 | #69 |
| 1985 | 4,328 | #70 |
| 1984 | 4,096 | #72 |
| 1983 | 3,975 | #73 |
| 1982 | 4,026 | #72 |
| 1981 | 3,775 | #79 |
| 1980 | 3,128 | #96 |
| 1979 | 2,997 | #98 |
| 1978 | 2,305 | #112 |
| 1977 | 2,489 | #109 |
| 1976 | 2,415 | #109 |
| 1975 | 2,779 | #92 |
| 1974 | 2,677 | #95 |
| 1973 | 3,030 | #88 |
| 1972 | 3,503 | #80 |
| 1971 | 3,357 | #90 |
| 1970 | 3,370 | #99 |
| 1969 | 3,183 | #94 |
| 1968 | 2,901 | #105 |
| 1967 | 2,790 | #111 |
| 1966 | 2,575 | #118 |
| 1965 | 2,342 | #132 |
| 1964 | 2,551 | #129 |
| 1963 | 2,610 | #129 |
| 1962 | 2,494 | #141 |
| 1961 | 2,069 | #159 |
| 1960 | 2,320 | #151 |
| 1959 | 2,226 | #154 |
| 1958 | 2,135 | #155 |
| 1957 | 653 | #293 |
| 1956 | 393 | #375 |
| 1955 | 464 | #340 |
| 1954 | 430 | #341 |
| 1953 | 265 | #436 |
| 1952 | 251 | #444 |
| 1951 | 223 | #450 |
| 1950 | 215 | #448 |
| 1949 | 139 | #568 |
| 1948 | 140 | #562 |
| 1947 | 94 | #706 |
| 1946 | 48 | #967 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,295 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,629 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,381 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,633 |
| 1940 | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
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