girls:
924 births since 1965
#4792 (16th percentile)
boys:
29.3k births since 1886
#675 (85th percentile)
overall:
30.2k births since 1886
#1462 (81st percentile)
The name Barrett is the #1,462 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 30,214 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 81.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 81.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #675 (85.3% percentile) for all time with 29,290 births since 1886. For girls, it ranks #4,792 (16.1% percentile) for all time with 924 births since 1965.
Barrett first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (1886 for boys and 1965 for girls). Birth data for Barrett is available in 115 out of the 138 years between 1886 and 2023 (115 years for boys and 53 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Barrett has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Barrett reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 79.5% percentile (ranked #191) with 1,047 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 1,086 births per million (ranked 79.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1998, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Barrett ranks #204 for boys (77.7% percentile) with 972 births per million, which is 89.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Barrett reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #930) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Barrett ranks #922 for girls (2.6% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 87.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Barrett".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Barrett. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 25.0% confident that Barrett is pronounced as BA-ruht, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BA-riht, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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