Barret Boy
How popular is Barret?
#3,657 boy name in 2025
30 baby boys were named Barret in the US in 2025, making it the 3657th most popular boy name.
Barret popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,657 for boys (▲ 773 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 30 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-3% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,512 in 2015, #4,137 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (40 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,533 in 1983 |
| First recorded | 1960 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Barret counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Barrett family of names ranked #182 for boys in 2025 (#197 the year before), with 2,168 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Barrett | 2,138 | 99% |
| Barret | 30 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Barret is most popular
Babies named Barret per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Barret by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68 | #2,475 |
| 1970s | 185 | #1,657 |
| 1980s | 308 | #1,533 |
| 1990s | 219 | #2,209 |
| 2000s | 186 | #3,741 |
| 2010s | 271 | #2,991 |
| 2020s | 147 | #3,657 |
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Questions
- Is Barret a boy or girl name?
- Barret is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Barret were boys.
- How popular is the name Barret?
- 30 baby boys were named Barret in the US in 2025, making it the 3657th most popular boy name.
- When was Barret most popular?
- Barret peaked in 2019, when 40 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,533 in 1983.
- How many people are named Barret?
- 1,389 babies have been named Barret in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,333 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Barret most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Barret was most common in Ohio, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.