Barrett
#3,712 for girls in 2025, 40 births · #171 for boys in 2025, 2,138 births
Given to boys 97.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 2,138 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 33,425since 1886
Barrett over time
Rank among boys' names. Barrett has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,712 | 40 | #171 | 2,138 |
| 2024 | #4,772 | 28 | #187 | 1,989 |
| 2023 | #4,565 | 30 | #206 | 1,787 |
| 2022 | #4,671 | 29 | #208 | 1,789 |
| 2021 | #4,090 | 35 | #193 | 1,962 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | #193 | 2,010 |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 | #209 | 1,863 |
| 2018 | #4,001 | 36 | #213 | 1,808 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | #234 | 1,612 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #261 | 1,389 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | #313 | 1,142 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #346 | 959 |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | #359 | 878 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | #376 | 804 |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | #436 | 626 |
| 2010 | #4,180 | 35 | #541 | 468 |
| 2009 | #4,482 | 33 | #571 | 464 |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 | #610 | 408 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 | #662 | 362 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #765 | 273 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | #713 | 286 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | #778 | 233 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | #845 | 205 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 | #924 | 173 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | #882 | 178 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #983 | 151 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | #884 | 171 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | #995 | 138 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #930 | 146 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #908 | 145 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #862 | 157 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #872 | 152 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #817 | 167 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #887 | 142 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #767 | 178 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #697 | 213 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #704 | 195 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #652 | 211 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #646 | 199 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #610 | 213 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #574 | 233 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #599 | 201 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #564 | 223 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #564 | 230 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #506 | 276 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #636 | 187 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | #636 | 183 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #691 | 147 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #684 | 153 |
| 1976 | — | #655 | 156 | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #669 | 152 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #700 | 137 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #683 | 136 |
| 1972 | — | #683 | 138 | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #767 | 114 |
| 1970 | — | #825 | 96 | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #696 | 129 |
| 1968 | — | #809 | 84 | |
| 1967 | — | #793 | 84 | |
| 1966 | — | #827 | 78 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #847 | 75 |
| 1964 | — | #799 | 89 | |
| 1963 | — | #842 | 81 | |
| 1962 | — | #770 | 98 | |
| 1961 | — | #839 | 84 | |
| 1960 | — | #876 | 75 | |
| 1959 | — | #903 | 72 | |
| 1958 | — | #892 | 71 | |
| 1957 | — | #957 | 63 | |
| 1956 | — | #954 | 61 | |
| 1955 | — | #898 | 68 | |
| 1954 | — | #918 | 65 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,102 | 44 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,111 | 43 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,017 | 48 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,139 | 39 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,380 | 28 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,280 | 32 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,297 | 32 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,003 | 46 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,016 | 39 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,038 | 40 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,053 | 41 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,089 | 39 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,187 | 31 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,067 | 37 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,194 | 30 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,310 | 26 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,344 | 25 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,540 | 19 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,390 | 24 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,540 | 20 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,509 | 22 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,927 | 15 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,793 | 18 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,298 | 13 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,074 | 15 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,870 | 18 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,240 | 14 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,885 | 18 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,699 | 10 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,730 | 9 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,968 | 14 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
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| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Barrett! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Barrett is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#447 · 1 in 12,701
Best ever in a state: #19 in Nebraska, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #447 | 6 | 1 in 12,701 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Barrett
- 16 spots since 2024 (#187 → #171)
- 22 spots since 2020 (#193 → #171)
- 142 spots since 2015 (#313 → #171)
- Biggest jump: 184 spots in 1954 (#1,102 → #918)
- Biggest drop: 129 spots in 1970 (#696 → #825)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 2025 at #171 (2,138 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1954–2025
- Highest: 1 in 799 boys born in 2025 were named Barrett (0.13%)
- 34.9% of all boys named Barrett (11,675) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #878 (1889) | #919 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,200 |
| 1910s | 82 | #1,772 (1914) | #2,316 |
| 1920s | 155 | #1,766 (1921) | #2,097 |
| 1930s | 209 | #1,194 (1939) | #1,579 |
| 1940s | 365 | #1,003 (1946) | #1,141 |
| 1950s | 574 | #892 (1958) | #989 |
| 1960s | 877 | #696 (1969) | #810 |
| 1970s | 1,412 | #636 (1979) | #699 |
| 1980s | 2,168 | #506 (1981) | #606 |
| 1990s | 1,609 | #697 (1990) | #862 |
| 2000s | 2,733 | #571 (2009) | #773 |
| 2010s | 11,549 | #209 (2019) | #329 |
| 2020s | 11,675 | #171 (2025) | #193 |
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.
Barrett in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 42,660 of them was named Barrett, which outranked 67.5% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,275Vic27
- #1,275Wendall27
- #1,275Wilma27
- #1,310Barrett26
- #1,310Armond26
- #1,310Arnulfo26
- #1,310Bernardo26
- #1,337Alec25
- #1,337Ashley25
- #1,337Aubry25
Tied with 26 names at #1,310; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.