Barret is a rare variant of Barrett that peaked in 2019 and remains in steady use.
Barret is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,670 for boy births in the United States (and #7,913 across all names), given to 30 babies. Barret first appears in 1960 and peaked in 2019 (40 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,670 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,455 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,765 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,895 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,652 |
| 2020 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,152 |
| 2019 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,998 |
| 2018 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,800 |
| 2017 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,317 |
| 2016 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,787 |
| 2015 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,519 |
| 2014 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,275 |
| 2013 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,065 |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,881 |
| 2011 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,996 |
| 2010 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,070 |
| 2009 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,767 |
| 2008 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,747 |
| 2007 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,390 |
| 2006 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,534 |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,312 |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,435 |
| 2003 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,294 |
| 2002 | 20 | 20 | #15,771 | #4,930 |
| 2001 | 13 | 13 | — | #5,412 |
| 2000 | 15 | 15 | — | #4,805 |
| 1999 | 21 | 21 | — | #3,596 |
| 1998 | 16 | 16 | — | #4,220 |
| 1997 | 26 | — | — | #2,910 |
| 1996 | 24 | — | — | #3,031 |
| 1995 | 19 | — | — | #3,440 |
| 1994 | 21 | — | — | #3,222 |
| 1993 | 23 | — | — | #2,950 |
| 1992 | 22 | — | — | #3,011 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | — | #3,827 |
| 1990 | 32 | — | — | #2,218 |
| 1989 | 25 | — | — | #2,547 |
| 1988 | 26 | — | — | #2,309 |
| 1987 | 30 | — | — | #2,022 |
| 1986 | 34 | — | — | #1,794 |
| 1985 | 30 | — | — | #1,920 |
| 1984 | 26 | — | — | #2,043 |
| 1983 | 39 | — | — | #1,538 |
| 1982 | 39 | — | — | #1,569 |
| 1981 | 36 | — | — | #1,633 |
| 1980 | 23 | — | — | #2,219 |
| 1979 | 23 | — | — | #2,161 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | — | #2,945 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | — | #2,468 |
| 1976 | 28 | — | — | #1,785 |
| 1975 | 30 | — | — | #1,661 |
| 1974 | 16 | — | — | #2,471 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | — | #2,410 |
| 1972 | 16 | — | — | #2,333 |
| 1971 | 16 | — | — | #2,371 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | — | #3,547 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | — | #3,333 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,181 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | — | #3,260 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | — | #3,563 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | — | #2,486 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | — | #4,090 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | — | #3,339 |
| 1962 | 8 | — | — | #3,061 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | — | #4,110 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | — | #3,689 |