Rett

Boy · recorded 1958–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1976best year

Most popular in 1976.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1958

02419581975199120082024

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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 24 recorded years as a table
Rett, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19583
19663
19694
19764
19793
19803
19813
19833
19902
20003
20043
20083
20093
20124
20134
20154
20163
20183
20193
20204
20213
20223
20234
20243

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rett 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 2024
5
Rank in 2024
#12,349
How rare
1 in 344,577 boys
Since 1958
142

Rett was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1976, at 4 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Rett doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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