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Barret

#3,669 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Barrett

Barret has been given to 1,389 babies in the U.S. since 1960. In 2025 it ranked #3,669 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 40 recorded.

Babies named Barret, 2025

1 in 111,000

Barret over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Barret: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Barrett

French

What Barret means

Barret is a variant of Barrett.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Barret → Barrett. The family’s proposed meaning is “quarrelsome, deceptive”, recorded in the naming reference for Barrett.

Origin, language, and formation

Barret is used in English. Its origins include French.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Barrett.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,384 boys were recorded with the name Barret between 1960 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 40 in 2019; its best national rank was #1,537 in 1983.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,148 in 2020 to #3,669 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,518 in 2015 to #3,669 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Barret between 2002 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2002; its best national rank was #15,765 in 2002.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Barret?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 111,000
30 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 56,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,669
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
76,598 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Barret sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 76,598 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Barret. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Barrets were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Barret was born before 1995 — so the typical Barret is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
22.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
42.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,384
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Choose a decade

1980s — 22.3% of all recorded uses (308).

Is Barret rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+782
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+479
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−151
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.97×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
75.0%
Peak was 2019 (40)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,537
1983

Spellings of Barret

Barret is not the most common spelling — Warren is, with 22.9% against Barret's 0.17%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Barret is used

Across 1910–2025, Barret was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 390,756 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Louisiana1 in —
  3. 3Missouri1 in —
  4. 4Ohio1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Barret has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Barret around the world

Where Barret ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    1991–2016
    #2,748
    in 2016

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Barret by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,669
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 479
Best rank ever
#1,537
1983
Peak year
2019
40 that year
First recorded
1960
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,384
Count in 2025
30

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#15,765
2002
Peak year
2002
5 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2002
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Barret

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BaruchBarakBartoloBarakaBarrieBarronBarackEveretBartonBarnesBarnieBarnabyBarnettBarkonBarkleyBarnabasBartleyBarclayBaronBarnardBarneyBarlowBarkotBarren

Sibling names for Barret

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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