Bret

Boy · recorded 1926–2025

  • #4,857in 2025
  • 1 in 85,403boys in 2025
  • −32%last ten years

Most popular in 1959.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1926

043186219261951197620002025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 86 recorded years as a table
Bret, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19265
19409
19417
19438
19446
19457
19467
194715
194811
194914
195019
195113
195225
195328
195440
195544
195638
195790
1958713
1959862
1960582
1961349
1962380
1963387
1964394
1965399
1966482
1967480
1968484
1969442
1970469
1971415
1972387
1973347
1974324
1975296
1976322
1977253
1978232
1979285
1980230
1981297
1982605
1983281
1984254
1985272
1986276
1987287
1988254
1989272
1990266
1991255
1992232
1993206
1994214
1995204
1996185
1997151
1998160
1999174
2000140
2001127
200297
200387
200481
200576
200648
200753
200860
200948
201046
201138
201222
201321
201423
201517
201617
201712
201819
201912
202010
202113
202213
202316
202412
202512

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bret isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
20
Rank in 2025
#4,857
How rare
1 in 85,403 boys
Since 1926
29,819

Most popular in 1959, at 862 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 32% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.