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Brett
Pronounced /bɹɛt/
Rank in 2024
#1,063
Born in 2024
205
Peak year
1986 · #69
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:15 in 2024 (#7,503)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 205 boys were named Brett, about 1 in every 8,367.
- It peaked in 1986 with 4,731 babies, ranked #69.
- It first shows up in the records in 1926.
- 158,979 boys have been named Brett since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Brett per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.5Boomers1946–64
- 1.7Gen X1965–80
- 2.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.8Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 170 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 19,718 babies, 0.53 per 1,000. Gen X: 45,846 babies, 1.68 per 1,000. Millennials: 64,657 babies, 2.12 per 1,000. Gen Z: 25,252 babies, 0.80 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,331 babies, 0.15 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Related to Breton, Brittany, and more distantly Briton. ==== Proper noun ==== Brett A surname transferred from the nickname meaning "Breton, an inhabitant of Brittany". A unisex given name transferred from the surname. A river in Suffolk, England, which joins the Suffolk River Stour at Higham in Babergh district. ===== Alternative forms ===== (male given name): Bret
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /bɹɛt/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Brett, CC BY-SA 4.0.