How Many People Are Named Barrett?
people named Barrett are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,380 people in the US has this name
Based on 34,417 babies named Barrett in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,178 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname probably meaning "strife" in Middle English, originally given to a quarrelsome person.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Barrett in English. Counting Barrett and these spellings together, about 34,253 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Barrett, 3% were girls and 97% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Barrett alive today is about 15 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Barrett first appears in the records in 1886, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 2,178 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Barrett has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #171, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #171.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #171 |
| Best rank | #171 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #192 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Barrett alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Barrett were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,447 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Barrett was given 3.9 times as often in Nebraska, 2.8 times in Wyoming and 2.4 times in Arkansas.
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