How Many People Are Named Brett?
people named Brett are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,299 people in the US has this name
Based on 162,513 babies named Brett in Social Security records from 1926 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
4,904 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Middle English surname meaning "a Breton", referring to an inhabitant of Brittany. A famous bearer is the American football quarterback Brett Favre (1969-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Brett in English. Counting Brett and these spellings together, about 174,966 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Brett, 2.2% were girls and 97.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1940s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 7.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brett alive today is about 41 years old, and 67% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brett first appears in the records in 1926 and was given most often in 1986, to 4,904 babies. In 2025, 144 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1926 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brett never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #69, in 1986, and it was in the top 100 in 21 years between 1969 and 1992. In 2025 it ranked #1,382.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,382 |
| Best rank | #69 (1986) |
| Years in the top 100 | 21 (1969 to 1992) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #77 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brett alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brett were born in California than in any other state: about 14,763 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brett was given about 2.1 times as often in Idaho, Kansas and Utah.
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