NameTides

Barrett

Barrett was the #171 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,138 babies), and #312 in Canada.

Barrett as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Barrett as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Barrett as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#171 (2,138)#312 (106)
2024#187 (1,989)#303 (108)
2023#206 (1,787)#339 (88)
2022#208 (1,789)#303 (105)
2021#193 (1,962)#302 (114)
2020#193 (2,010)#257 (129)
2019#209 (1,863)#335 (97)
2018#213 (1,808)#390 (78)
2017#234 (1,612)#376 (82)
2016#261 (1,389)#441 (67)
2015#313 (1,142)#409 (75)
2014#346 (959)#587 (46)
2013#359 (878)#685 (36)
2012#376 (804)#640 (38)
2011#436 (626)#818 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #171.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1886.

How common is it?

about 1 in 800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 800common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Barrett is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 810 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 710 to 1 in 930.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Barrett by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: #101MEWisconsin: #125WIVermont: #102VTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #147WAIdaho: #97IDMontana: #52MTNorth Dakota: #70NDMinnesota: #132MNIllinois: #191ILMichigan: #147MINew York: #601NYMassachusetts: #378MAOregon: #188ORNevada: #171NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #94SDIowa: #82IAIndiana: #153INOhio: #115OHPennsylvania: #196PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: #281CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #360CAUtah: #140UTColorado: #161CONebraska: #29NEMissouri: #80MOKentucky: #113KYWest Virginia: #80WVVirginia: #142VAMaryland: #227MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #183AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #151KSArkansas: #83ARTennessee: #72TNNorth Carolina: #145NCSouth Carolina: #143SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #70OKLouisiana: #162LAMississippi: #151MSAlabama: #80ALGeorgia: #131GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #186TXFlorida: #260FL
Barrett (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#36636

Barrett (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BarrettCanadaBoys#312106
BarrettUSGirls#3,71240
BarrettUSBoys#1712,138