Barret

Last seen for girls in 2002 at #15,432 · #3,658 for boys in 2025, 30 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,534
1983 · 39 births
Debut · boys
1960
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,384
since 1960

Barret over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Barret has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #1,534, 1983boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,65830
2024—#4,43323
2023—#4,74221
2022—#3,87928
2021—#4,62821
2020—#4,14124
2019—#2,99340
2018—#3,79328
2017—#3,31234
2016—#3,77628
2015—#3,51331
2014—#4,26323
2013—#3,06036
2012—#4,86219
2011—#4,98318
2010—#6,03614
2009—#4,74820
2008—#3,74428
2007—#4,37522
2006—#4,52020
2005—#5,27815
2004—#4,42119
2003—#4,27619
2002#15,4325#4,91915
2001—#5,39013
2000—#4,78515
1999—#3,59121
1998—#4,19716
1997—#2,90326
1996—#3,02124
1995—#3,43219
1994—#3,21521
1993—#2,94323
1992—#2,99922
1991—#3,81315
1990—#2,21432
1989—#2,54525
1988—#2,30526
1987—#2,02030
1986—#1,79134
1985—#1,91630
1984—#2,03626
1983—#1,53439
1982—#1,56339
1981—#1,62936
1980—#2,21323
1979—#2,15723
1978—#2,92914
1977—#2,45818
1976—#1,78128
1975—#1,65830
1974—#2,45916
1973—#2,40516
1972—#2,32316
1971—#2,36616
1970—#3,5218
1969—#3,3148
1968—#4,1365
1967—#3,2317
1966—#3,5376
1965—#2,47611
1964—#4,0395
1963—#3,3187
1962—#3,0418
1961—#4,0655
1960—#3,6656
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First appearance
1960

The first year at least five boys were named Barret! It came in at #3,665, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1960–1961, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Barret is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,458 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 34,108 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Barret, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,458 · 1 in 34,108

Best ever in a state: #634 in Louisiana, 1990.

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See more about Barret
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 775 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #3,658)
  • 483 spots since 2020 (#4,141 → #3,658)
  • 145 spots since 2015 (#3,513 → #3,658)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1960
  • Peaked 1983 at #1,534 (39 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 44,855
  • Highest: 1 in 44,855 boys born in 2019 were named Barret (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 56,936 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,534 in 1983, was only 1 in 45,963 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 22.3% of all boys named Barret (308) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s68#2,476 (1965)#3,482
1970s185#1,658 (1975)#2,406
1980s308#1,534 (1983)#1,955
1990s219#2,214 (1990)#3,233
2000s186#3,744 (2008)#4,646
2010s271#2,993 (2019)#4,059
2020s147#3,658 (2025)#4,247

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Barret in 1987

boys
#2,020
30 births · 1 in 62,233 boys

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #2,020Barret30
More about 1987

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 62,233 of them was named Barret, which outranked 75.2% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Barret
  1. #1,974Trayvon31
  2. #1,974Westin31
  3. #1,974Zacharia31
  4. #2,020Barret30
  5. #2,020Alphonzo30
  6. #2,020Antjuan30
  7. #2,020Barrington30
  8. #2,057Allison29
  9. #2,057Aram29
  10. #2,057Aris29

Tied with 36 names at #2,020; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Trevin#1,962 → #968
  2. ↑ 819Conner#1,617 → #798
  3. ↑ 593Mychal#1,363 → #770
  4. ↑ 503Jaren#1,457 → #954
  5. ↑ 457Corbin#1,049 → #592
Fallers
  1. ↓ 623Durell#816 → #1,439
  2. ↓ 336Jayce#694 → #1,030
  3. ↓ 267Rasheed#921 → #1,188
  4. ↓ 263Deshaun#971 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 260Britt#880 → #1,140

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987 →