# Brett (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brett/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /bɹɛt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bret |
| US babies named this | 162,513 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 159,109 / 3,404 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,535, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Related to Breton, Brittany, and more distantly Briton.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 9,261 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,646 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,396 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,045 |
| 2015 | 5 | 16,902 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,830 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,152 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,704 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,549 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,682 |
| 2021 | 20 | 5,990 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5,819 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,576 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,312 |
| 2025 | 11 | 8,961 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 510 | 509 |
| 2012 | 427 | 596 |
| 2013 | 360 | 669 |
| 2014 | 386 | 664 |
| 2015 | 324 | 745 |
| 2016 | 333 | 733 |
| 2017 | 315 | 748 |
| 2018 | 288 | 788 |
| 2019 | 275 | 820 |
| 2020 | 241 | 925 |
| 2021 | 201 | 1,064 |
| 2022 | 216 | 1,027 |
| 2023 | 187 | 1,130 |
| 2024 | 207 | 1,058 |
| 2025 | 133 | 1,382 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 27 | 1,029 |
| 2011 | 24 | 1,087 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Brett

- Brett Emerton, Australian association football player
- Brett Ratner, American film director and producer (born 1969)
- Brett Holman, Australian association football player
- Brett Favre, American football player (born 1969)
- Brett Cullen, American actor (born 1956)
- Brett Dalton, American actor
- Brett Gelman, American actor and comedian
- Brett Hull, Canadian-American ice hockey player
- Brett Anderson, English singer
- Brett Butler, American actress
- Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
- Brett J. Gladman, Canadian astronomer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.