Bret Boy
How popular is Bret?
#4,856 boy name in 2025
20 baby boys were named Bret in the US in 2025, making it the 4856th most popular boy name.
Bret popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,856 for boys (▼ 159 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 20 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,364 in 2015, #5,231 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1959 (1,839 boys) |
| Highest rank | #170 in 1959 |
| First recorded | 1926 |
| 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 |
Bret counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brett family of names ranked #1,145 for boys in 2025 (#917 the year before), with 153 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brett | 133 | 87% |
| Bret | 20 | 13% |
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 Bret is most popular
Babies named Bret per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Bret by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1940s | 133 | #1,393 |
| 1950s | 3,963 | #170 |
| 1960s | 8,415 | #223 |
| 1970s | 5,536 | #260 |
| 1980s | 5,581 | #217 |
| 1990s | 4,007 | #417 |
| 2000s | 1,618 | #656 |
| 2010s | 431 | #1,713 |
| 2020s | 130 | #3,999 |
Boy names about as popular as Bret
Questions
- Is Bret a boy or girl name?
- Bret is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Bret were boys.
- How popular is the name Bret?
- 20 baby boys were named Bret in the US in 2025, making it the 4856th most popular boy name.
- When was Bret most popular?
- Bret peaked in 1959, when 1,839 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #170 in 1959.
- How many people are named Bret?
- 30,051 babies have been named Bret in the US since 1880. We estimate about 26,543 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 51.
- Where is Bret most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bret was most common in California, 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.