How rare is the name Brett?

142,080 people in the United States have the first name Brett, about 1 in 2,126. It ranks #397 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRETT

#397

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
142,080
About
1 in 2,126
This common or more
54.2%
Who bears it

Of the 142,080 people named Brett, 91.7% reported their origin as White, 2.8% as two or more races and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Brett peaked in 1986, when 4,904 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19262025
Peak year
1986
Births that year
4,904
In 2025*
144 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 162,513 babies have been given the name since 1926. 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.

Brett by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #142. The largest share of babies named Brett, 40.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1920s#12,17210
1930s#7,25238
1940s#1,949547
1950s#5777,364
1960s#27526,131
1970s#20029,580
1980s#14242,339
1990s#20136,199
2000s#45314,937
2010s#1,3244,087
2020s#2,1401,281
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–6412.3%
Generation X 1965–8028.8%
Millennials 1981–9640.7%
Generation Z 1997–1215.9%
2013 and later2.2%

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 Brett is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brett has been most common in Utah (2.4×), Idaho (2.1×), and Wyoming (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.44×).

158,111 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 Brett

#395 Chelsea · 143,411#396 Eugene · 143,351#398 Cassandra · 141,760#399 Stacey · 141,480

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brett, most common first.

#1,384 Bret · 25,548#3,023 Britt · 7,379#16,970 Brette · 657#21,948 Bretta · 458#39,134 Breta · 194#53,039 Bratt · 103

Also a last name

As a last name, Brett ranks #6,481 of 156,621, with 5,038 people. See Brett as a last name

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