first name
BARRETT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,844 people named Barrett, 87.2% reported their origin as White, 4.4% as two or more races and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 95.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Barrett peaked in 2025, when 2,178 babies got the name.
At least 34,417 babies have been given the name since 1886. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Barrett by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #346. The largest share of babies named Barrett, 63%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Barrett is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Barrett has been most common in Nebraska (3.2×), Alaska (2.2×), and Idaho (2.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.09×).
29,172 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Barrett
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Barrett, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Barrett ranks #325 of 156,621, with 96,872 people. See Barrett as a last name
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