Brett

Boy · recorded 1926–2025

  • #1,382in 2025
  • 1 in 12,842boys in 2025
  • −54%last ten years
  • 1.7×in North Carolina

Most popular in 1986.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1926

01,2842,56819261951197620002025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 94 recorded years as a table
Brett, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19265
19295
19325
19345
19355
19375
19387
19399
194012
194115
194218
194318
194413
194519
194630
194751
194880
194978
1950120
1951118
1952129
1953134
1954211
1955225
1956186
1957303
19581,006
19591,043
19601,088
1961974
19621,206
19631,285
19641,280
19651,259
19661,444
19671,600
19681,669
19691,780
19701,814
19711,898
19722,160
19731,944
19741,703
19751,780
19761,539
19771,515
19781,404
19791,741
19801,753
19812,108
19822,219
19832,217
19842,269
19852,342
19862,568
19872,372
19882,285
19892,213
19902,139
19912,056
19921,914
19931,808
19941,778
19951,874
19961,888
19971,734
19981,510
19991,444
20001,213
20011,011
2002962
2003817
2004788
2005695
2006526
2007462
2008524
2009386
2010380
2011269
2012225
2013190
2014201
2015169
2016175
2017170
2018159
2019153
2020140
2021115
2022124
2023109
2024120
202578

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. North Carolina 1.7×
  2. Florida 1.1×
  3. New York 1.1×
  4. Texas 0.9×
  5. California 0.8×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
133
Rank in 2025
#1,382
How rare
1 in 12,842 boys
Since 1926
159,109

Most popular in 1986, at 2,568 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 54% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
North Carolina1.7×27
Florida1.1×33
New York1.1×29
Texas0.9×47
California0.8×42

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.