NameTides

Brett

Brett was the #1,382 boys' name in the US in 2025 (133 babies), and #1,127 in Canada.

Brett as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Brett as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Brett as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,382 (133)————#1,127 (22)—
2024#1,057 (207)#4,271 (4)———#1,353 (16)—
2023#1,128 (187)#3,524 (5)———#1,043 (22)—
2022#1,025 (216)#3,450 (5)———#876 (28)—
2021#1,064 (201)#2,301 (9)———#1,039 (22)—
2020#924 (241)#1,935 (11)———#1,129 (19)—
2019#820 (275)#1,745 (13)———#840 (28)—
2018#788 (288)#2,445 (8)———#609 (43)—
2017#748 (315)#2,172 (10)———#741 (33)—
2016#733 (333)#1,704 (14)———#610 (44)—
2015#745 (324)#1,380 (18)———#649 (40)—
2014#664 (386)#1,819 (12)———#515 (54)—
2013#669 (360)#1,462 (16)———#582 (46)—
2012#596 (427)#1,270 (20)#568 (4)——#462 (60)—
2011#508 (510)#1,087 (24)———#452 (60)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1986 at #69.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1926.
  • In 2025, 8% of US babies named Brett were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Brett is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,700 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Brett by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,415TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Brett (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#1,1239

Brett (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
BrettCanadaGirls—too few
BrettCanadaBoys#1,12722
BrettEngland & WalesBoys—too few
BrettIrelandBoys—too few
BrettNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BrettNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BrettNSWBoys—too few
BrettScotlandBoys—too few
BrettUSGirls#8,86011
BrettUSBoys#1,382133