Bret
2 countries#4857 in United States, 2025US
#4857
in United States, 2025
SCOT
6
total births, Scotland
Total births recorded
30,057
Peak year (United States)
1959
Peak-year count
1,839
First recorded
1926
Popularity across 2 countries
Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Bret was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.
United StatesScotland
Country by country
United States
30,051 births recorded 1926–2025 · currently #4857 · peaked in 1959 with 1,839 births
Most common in: California, Ohio, Illinois, Texas, Pennsylvania
Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data
Scotland
6 births recorded 1987–1990 · peaked in 1987 with 3 births
Source: National Records of Scotland, official birth-registration data
United States rank history
Bret’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.
| Year | Rank | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #1519 | — |
| 2007 | #1464 | ↑55 |
| 2008 | #1380 | ↑84 |
| 2009 | #1638 | ↓258 |
| 2010 | #1713 | ↓75 |
| 2011 | #1927 | ↓214 |
| 2012 | #2811 | ↓884 |
| 2013 | #2895 | ↓84 |
| 2014 | #2661 | ↑234 |
| 2015 | #3365 | ↓704 |
| 2016 | #3358 | ↑7 |
| 2017 | #4331 | ↓973 |
| 2018 | #3301 | ↑1030 |
| 2019 | #4639 | ↓1338 |
| 2020 | #5235 | ↓596 |
| 2021 | #4494 | ↑741 |
| 2022 | #4442 | ↑52 |
| 2023 | #4002 | ↑440 |
| 2024 | #4701 | ↓699 |
| 2025 | #4857 | ↓156 |
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