girls:
3.4k births since 1950
#2980 (48th percentile)
boys:
158.8k births since 1926
#216 (95th percentile)
overall:
162.2k births since 1926
#462 (94th percentile)
The name Brett is the #462 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 162,152 recorded births since 1926. This represents the 94.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 94.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #216 (95.3% percentile) for all time with 158,774 births since 1926. For girls, it ranks #2,980 (47.9% percentile) for all time with 3,378 births since 1950.
Brett first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1926 (1926 for boys and 1950 for girls). Birth data for Brett is available in 92 out of the 98 years between 1926 and 2023 (92 years for boys and 74 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 Brett has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.9% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.9% of babies named Brett were boys.
For boys, Brett reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 90.3% percentile (ranked #69) with 2,462 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 2,462 births per million (ranked 90.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1988, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Brett ranks #730 for boys (19.9% percentile) with 102 births per million, which is 4.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Brett reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 20.9% percentile (ranked #644) with 95 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 95 births per million (ranked 20.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Brett ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 7.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brett".
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