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How popular is the name Bret?
Births per year, rank history and how many Brets are alive today.
Bret (male), a spelling of Brett, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2017 (ranked 3996th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1998, when 17 babies were given the name, the 887th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Brett you are most likely to meet is around 51 years old. Half of all Bretts born in England and Wales are between 37 and 53, and there are at least 14,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 4.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Brett.
How many babies are named Bret each year?
Includes all spellings: Bret, Brett. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Bret spelling rank?
Where does the Brett spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Bret most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Brett, peaked in 1974, when around 610 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Bret spelling itself peaked in 1998, with 17 babies.
How many people are called Bret?
At least 14,000 people named Bret in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bret?
Most living Brets are between 37 and 53; the most common age is about 51.
Is Bret becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.