Bretton
Boy · BRET-un · English
Bretton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “settlement of the Britons”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Bretton mean?
English: place name and surname from Old English
“settlement of the Britons”
An English place-name surname; Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, hosted the 1944 conference that shaped the post-war world economy.
- Say it
- BRET-un
Is Bretton a girl's or a boy's name?
Bretton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bretton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Bretton, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Bretton in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bretton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 29 | #2,987 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 32 | #2,298 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 29 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
Nicknames for Bretton
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