Masculine dossier · first seen 1926

Bret

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Bret
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.9% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

1,839

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1926Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

98.9%

2024

All-time

29,798

Bret once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 1,839 boys were named Bret.

In 2024, only 21 boys were given the name.

Down 98.9% from its peak.

All told, about 29,798 Americans have been named Bret and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1926.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.9% from peak

19591,839 boys named Bret

202421 boys named Bret

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