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Barrett: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,138 in 2025. Its best rank was #171 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 98% of babies named Barrett in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#171 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Barrett: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,138 boys in 2025. Peak: #171 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 2,138 (2025).
In 2025, 2,138 US boys were named Barrett, making it the 171st most common boys’ name of the year, up 16 places from #187 in 2024. That is 149 more than the 1,989 boys named Barrett in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #171, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,138. For comparison, it was #313 in 2015 and #1,141 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Barrett in 117 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1886 with 5 babies. In all, 34,417 US babies have been given the name, 2.9% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 11,857 babies named Barrett.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 18,347 US boys were named Barrett; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 2,138. In 2025 that was about 1 in 799 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Barrett ranked highest in Nebraska in 2025, at #29 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 12 states (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Barret, Barett and Barrette are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Barry.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Barret (1,389), Barett (178), Barrette (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Barrett is listed as a nickname for Garrett.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 4 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 52 | #29 | #77 |
| Montana | 19 | #52 | #161 |
| North Dakota | 15 | #71 | #179 |
| Oklahoma | 56 | #71 | #235 |
| Tennessee | 117 | #72 | #188 |
| West Virginia | 23 | #80 | #295 |
| Alabama | 61 | #80 | #136 |
| Missouri | 77 | #81 | #171 |
| Iowa | 42 | #83 | #218 |
| Arkansas | 37 | #84 | #155 |
| South Dakota | 13 | #95 | — |
| Idaho | 25 | #97 | #295 |
| Maine | 13 | #102 | #241 |
| Vermont | 5 | #103 | — |
| Kentucky | 49 | #113 | #321 |
| Alaska | 7 | #113 | — |
| Ohio | 116 | #115 | #236 |
| Wisconsin | 49 | #125 | #301 |
| Georgia | 90 | #131 | #238 |
| Minnesota | 49 | #132 | #249 |
| Utah | 37 | #140 | #510 |
| Virginia | 63 | #142 | #297 |
| South Carolina | 39 | #144 | #485 |
| North Carolina | 88 | #145 | #279 |
| Washington | 56 | #147 | #263 |
| Michigan | 69 | #148 | #343 |
| Kansas | 25 | #152 | #198 |
| Mississippi | 21 | #152 | #266 |
| Indiana | 54 | #153 | #260 |
| Colorado | 44 | #161 | #207 |
| Louisiana | 31 | #163 | #333 |
| Nevada | 17 | #173 | #365 |
| Arizona | 47 | #184 | #334 |
| Texas | 202 | #186 | #264 |
| Oregon | 22 | #191 | #272 |
| Illinois | 61 | #192 | #364 |
| Pennsylvania | 64 | #196 | #391 |
| Delaware | 5 | #206 | — |
| Maryland | 25 | #227 | #378 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #238 | #190 |
| Florida | 80 | #260 | #339 |
| Connecticut | 11 | #282 | — |
| California | 96 | #360 | #569 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #367 | — |
| Massachusetts | 13 | #383 | #446 |
| New York | 25 | #603 | #862 |
| New Jersey | 10 | #663 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,725 | 2,138 | #171 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,786 | 1,989 | #187 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,579 | 1,787 | #206 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,688 | 1,789 | #208 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,107 | 1,962 | #193 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,889 | 2,010 | #193 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,456 | 1,863 | #209 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,014 | 1,808 | #213 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,408 | 1,612 | #234 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,306 | 1,389 | #261 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,313 | 1,142 | #313 |
| 2014 | 21 | #6,022 | 959 | #346 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,289 | 878 | #359 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,636 | 804 | #376 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,234 | 626 | #436 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,207 | 468 | #541 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,497 | 464 | #571 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,029 | 408 | #610 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,355 | 362 | #662 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,945 | 273 | #765 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,832 | 286 | #713 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,591 | 233 | #778 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,349 | 205 | #845 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,395 | 173 | #924 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,365 | 178 | #883 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,848 | 151 | #984 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,458 | 171 | #884 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,977 | 138 | #995 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,915 | 146 | #930 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,191 | 145 | #909 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,691 | 157 | #863 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,663 | 152 | #873 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,442 | 167 | #818 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,815 | 142 | #887 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,013 | 178 | #767 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,316 | 213 | #698 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,868 | 195 | #704 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,083 | 211 | #652 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,418 | 199 | #648 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,652 | 213 | #610 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,014 | 233 | #575 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,933 | 201 | #599 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,487 | 223 | #564 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,541 | 230 | #564 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,986 | 276 | #506 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,534 | 187 | #636 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,865 | 183 | #636 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,433 | 147 | #691 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,924 | 153 | #684 |
| 1976 | — | — | 156 | #655 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,187 | 152 | #669 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,772 | 137 | #700 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,613 | 136 | #683 |
| 1972 | — | — | 138 | #683 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,048 | 114 | #767 |
| 1970 | — | — | 96 | #825 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,685 | 129 | #696 |
| 1968 | — | — | 84 | #809 |
| 1967 | — | — | 84 | #794 |
| 1966 | — | — | 78 | #827 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,609 | 75 | #847 |
| 1964 | — | — | 89 | #799 |
| 1963 | — | — | 81 | #843 |
| 1962 | — | — | 98 | #770 |
| 1961 | — | — | 84 | #839 |
| 1960 | — | — | 75 | #876 |
| 1959 | — | — | 72 | #903 |
| 1958 | — | — | 71 | #892 |
| 1957 | — | — | 63 | #957 |
| 1956 | — | — | 61 | #954 |
| 1955 | — | — | 68 | #899 |
| 1954 | — | — | 65 | #920 |
| 1953 | — | — | 44 | #1,103 |
| 1952 | — | — | 43 | #1,115 |
| 1951 | — | — | 48 | #1,021 |
| 1950 | — | — | 39 | #1,141 |
| 1949 | — | — | 28 | #1,384 |
| 1948 | — | — | 32 | #1,280 |
| 1947 | — | — | 32 | #1,298 |
| 1946 | — | — | 46 | #1,004 |
| 1945 | — | — | 39 | #1,017 |
| 1944 | — | — | 40 | #1,040 |
| 1943 | — | — | 41 | #1,056 |
| 1942 | — | — | 39 | #1,094 |
| 1941 | — | — | 31 | #1,190 |
| 1940 | — | — | 37 | #1,069 |
| 1939 | — | — | 30 | #1,197 |
| 1938 | — | — | 26 | #1,312 |
| 1937 | — | — | 25 | #1,346 |
| 1936 | — | — | 19 | #1,547 |
| 1935 | — | — | 24 | #1,392 |
| 1934 | — | — | 15 | #1,866 |
| 1933 | — | — | 20 | #1,542 |
| 1932 | — | — | 22 | #1,512 |
| 1931 | — | — | 15 | #1,938 |
| 1930 | — | — | 13 | #2,190 |
| 1929 | — | — | 18 | #1,796 |
| 1928 | — | — | 16 | #1,968 |
| 1927 | — | — | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1926 | — | — | 15 | #2,082 |
| 1925 | — | — | 18 | #1,877 |
| 1924 | — | — | 12 | #2,484 |
| 1923 | — | — | 11 | #2,633 |
| 1922 | — | — | 14 | #2,253 |
| 1921 | — | — | 20 | #1,770 |
| 1920 | — | — | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1919 | — | — | 13 | #2,272 |
| 1918 | — | — | 10 | #2,706 |
| 1917 | — | — | 9 | #2,749 |
| 1916 | — | — | 9 | #2,744 |
| 1915 | — | — | 14 | #1,980 |
| 1914 | — | — | 13 | #1,785 |
| 1913 | — | — | 8 | #2,104 |
| 1912 | — | — | 6 | #2,299 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,206 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #885 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #976 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).