Brett
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning from Brittany.
Babies a year
328
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
How Brett has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #744 |
| 2016 | #732 |
| 2017 | #748 |
| 2018 | #788 |
| 2019 | #819 |
| 2020 | #923 |
Brett by the numbers
Brett was given to 328 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 4,727 babies in 1986, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Brittany
Like Brett, each of these traces back to Brittany: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Brittanyfrom brittany; the britons400 in the US (2017)
- Britneyfrom Britain; a form of Brittany137 in the US (2017)
- Britanyfrom Britain; variant spelling of Brittany21 in the US (2017)
- Britannyfrom brittany; a form of Brittany12 in the US (2017)
- Brittanifrom britain; a form of Brittany8 in the US (2017)
- Bretonfrom Brittany; Breton person6 in the US (2017)
- Brittanyafrom brittany, the region; a form of Brittany5 in the US (2017)
- Brittlynfrom brittany, the region; a form of Brittany5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brett. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Names about as common as Brett
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