Bretton
#7,262 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Bretton has been given to 1,106 babies in the U.S. since 1958. In 2025 it ranked #7,262 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1987, with 36 recorded.
Babies named Bretton, 2025
1 in 301,000
Bretton over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Bretton?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 301,000
- 11 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 155,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #7,262
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 208,901 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Bretton sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bretton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Brettons were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Bretton was born before 1994 — so the typical Bretton is around 31 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 25.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 33.5%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,106
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 25.5% of all recorded uses (282).
Is Bretton 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
- +3,881
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +329
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −129
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.00×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 30.6%
- Peak was 1987 (36)
- Years since peak
- 38
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 25.8% average annual change
Spellings of Bretton
Bretton is not the most common spelling — Brett is, with 32.3% against Bretton's 0.22%.
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 Bretton is used
Across 1910–2025, Bretton was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 800,062 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Michigan1 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. Bretton has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Bretton around the world
Where Bretton 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.
- England & Wales2004–2004#3,651in 2004
- Canada1991–2010#2,386in 2010
- South Australia1946–1983#443in 1983
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Bretton by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Bretton
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Bretton
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.