Bret Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Bret: every year it appeared on the national list since 1926, with 29,819 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

29,819

Peak year

1959 #170

Years on the list

10-year trend

-11.7%

In the 1950s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1926–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	72	#1931
2012	42	#2820
2013	39	#2898
2014	45	#2669
2015	33	#3378
2016	33	#3369
2017	23	#4345
2018	34	#3307
2019	21	#4660
2020	17	#5275
2021	22	#4513
2022	23	#4456
2023	27	#4017
2024	21	#4726
2025	20	#4883

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1959

273

133

114

Names from the same era

Timothy · 1959 Steve · 1959 Jim · 1959 Tom · 1959 Duane · 1959 Bob · 1959 Nelson · 1959 Perry · 1959 Dave · 1959 Neal · 1959

Names similar to Bret

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