Bret Popularity by Year
Follow Bret across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Bret birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 20 | #4,857 | Down 156 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 21 | #4,701 | Down 699 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 27 | #4,002 | Up 440 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 23 | #4,442 | Up 52 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 22 | #4,494 | Up 741 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 17 | #5,235 | Down 596 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 21 | #4,639 | Down 1,338 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 34 | #3,301 | Up 1,030 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 23 | #4,331 | Down 973 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 33 | #3,358 | Up 7 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 33 | #3,365 | Down 704 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 45 | #2,661 | Up 234 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 39 | #2,895 | Down 84 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 42 | #2,811 | Down 884 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 72 | #1,927 | Down 214 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 6 | #14,824 | Down 900 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 89 | #1,713 | Down 75 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 96 | #1,638 | Down 258 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 123 | #1,380 | Up 84 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 109 | #1,464 | Up 55 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 7 | #13,924 | Down 914 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 99 | #1,519 | Down 426 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 151 | #1,093 | Down 71 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 7 | #13,010 | Down 823 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 160 | #1,022 | Down 66 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 171 | #956 | Down 88 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 189 | #868 | Down 154 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 7 | #12,187 | Down 1,442 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 246 | #714 | Down 57 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 274 | #657 | Down 77 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 8 | #10,745 | Up 1,943 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 335 | #580 | Up 24 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 6 | #12,688 | Down 3,428 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 305 | #604 | Up 10 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 9 | #9,260 | Down 926 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 285 | #614 | Down 71 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 10 | #8,334 | Down 1,204 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 350 | #543 | Down 24 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 12 | #7,130 | Down 873 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 388 | #519 | Down 25 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 14 | #6,257 | Down 1,241 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 414 | #494 | Up 13 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 19 | #5,016 | Up 3,703 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 405 | #507 | Down 39 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 9 | #8,719 | Up 4,239 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 463 | #468 | Down 36 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 516 | #432 | Down 14 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 546 | #418 | Down 20 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 5 | #12,958 | Down 596 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 545 | #398 | Up 12 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 5 | #12,362 | Down 5,251 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 487 | #410 | Down 45 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 10 | #7,111 | Down 1,498 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 536 | #365 | Up 1 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 13 | #5,613 | Down 154 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 509 | #366 | Down 1 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 13 | #5,459 | Up 572 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 502 | #365 | Up 16 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 11 | #6,031 | Up 4,391 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 458 | #381 | Down 29 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 5 | #10,422 | Down 4,210 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 504 | #352 | Down 135 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 10 | #6,212 | Up 3,025 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 1,098 | #217 | Up 125 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 6 | #9,237 | Down 3,666 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 532 | #342 | Up 58 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 12 | #5,571 | Up 4,821 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 410 | #400 | Down 41 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 5 | #10,392 | Down 2,100 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 490 | #359 | Up 37 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 381 | #396 | Down 11 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 415 | #385 | Down 44 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 505 | #341 | Up 18 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 462 | #359 | Down 17 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 509 | #342 | Down 20 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 541 | #322 | Down 29 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 628 | #293 | Down 9 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 5 | #8,292 | Down 904 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 734 | #284 | Down 24 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 6 | #7,388 | Down 1,026 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 871 | #260 | Up 4 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 7 | #6,362 | Up 654 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 791 | #264 | Down 18 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 841 | #246 | Down 3 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 5 | #7,016 | — |
| 1967 | Boys | 837 | #243 | No rank change |
| 1966 | Boys | 860 | #243 | Up 31 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 743 | #274 | Up 1 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 786 | #275 | Down 1 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 787 | #274 | No rank change |
| 1962 | Boys | 787 | #274 | Up 10 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 741 | #284 | Down 61 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 1,242 | #223 | Down 53 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 1,839 | #170 | Up 17 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 1,514 | #187 | Up 369 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 194 | #556 | Up 275 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 81 | #831 | Down 68 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 91 | #763 | Up 32 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 82 | #795 | Up 171 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 55 | #966 | Up 78 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 48 | #1,044 | Up 445 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 25 | #1,489 | Down 257 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 34 | #1,232 | Up 230 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 25 | #1,462 | Up 241 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 19 | #1,703 | Down 309 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 28 | #1,394 | Up 749 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 12 | #2,143 | Up 99 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 10 | #2,242 | Up 391 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 8 | #2,633 | Down 451 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 12 | #2,182 | Up 309 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 9 | #2,491 | Down 169 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 10 | #2,322 | Up 1,879 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 5 | #4,201 | — |