Bret

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Bret closed 2025 at #4,883 on the boys' board: 20 boys, 0.001% of the market. The position is down 32% over ten years, well off its 1959 high of 1,839 (#170 that year); 29,818 boys have carried the name since 1926.

0%0.020%0.040%0.060%0.080%0.10%192019401960198020002020peak 1959 · 0.086%
1926
First listed
29,818
All-time boys
1959
Busiest year (1,839 babies)
20
Babies born
#4,883
Rank (M)
0.001%
Share of boys
-32%
10-yr change
-94%
30-yr change
Bret M View in Terminal
State distribution · Bret M · 2021–25 · tile brightness = rate vs. national
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Too rare for state-level data — the SSA suppresses names under 5 babies per state-year.
Trades near Bret · 2025 boys' board
RankNameBabies’16–’25
#4,878BezalelM20
#4,879BransenM20
#4,880BraylanM20
#4,881BrazenM20
#4,882BrennenM20
#4,883BretM20
#4,884BrightFM20
#4,885CalixtoM20
#4,886CalogeroM20
#4,887CalvaryFM20
#4,888CarlyleM20
Origin

Bret: Variant of Brett; transferred from a surname.

Surnames · 647 listings

Same shelf:

RankNameBabies’16–’25
#9,161EvelynFM8
#17HudsonFM8,583
#27CooperFM7,472
#1,980HarperFM77
#45CarterFM6,024
#36JacksonFM6,582
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