Bret is an established variant of Brett that peaked in 1959 and has since faded.
Bret is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,883 for boy births in the United States (and #10,336 across all names), given to 20 babies. Bret first appears in 1926 and peaked in 1959 (1,839 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,883 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,726 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | — | #4,017 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,456 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,513 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,275 |
| 2019 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,660 |
| 2018 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,307 |
| 2017 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,345 |
| 2016 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,369 |
| 2015 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,378 |
| 2014 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,669 |
| 2013 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,898 |
| 2012 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,820 |
| 2011 | 78 | 78 | #15,161 | #1,931 |
| 2010 | 89 | 89 | — | #1,716 |
| 2009 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,641 |
| 2008 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,380 |
| 2007 | 116 | 116 | #14,172 | #1,465 |
| 2006 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,519 |
| 2005 | 158 | 158 | #13,240 | #1,094 |
| 2004 | 160 | 160 | — | #1,022 |
| 2003 | 171 | 171 | — | #956 |
| 2002 | 196 | 196 | #12,408 | #869 |
| 2001 | 246 | 246 | — | #714 |
| 2000 | 282 | 282 | #10,884 | #657 |
| 1999 | 341 | 341 | #12,921 | #580 |
| 1998 | 314 | 314 | #9,381 | #605 |
| 1997 | 295 | — | #8,438 | #614 |
| 1996 | 362 | — | #7,197 | #544 |
| 1995 | 402 | — | #6,301 | #519 |
| 1994 | 433 | — | #5,044 | #494 |
| 1993 | 414 | — | #8,816 | #507 |
| 1992 | 463 | — | — | #468 |
| 1991 | 516 | — | — | #434 |
| 1990 | 551 | — | #13,233 | #418 |
| 1989 | 550 | — | #12,626 | #398 |
| 1988 | 497 | — | #7,186 | #410 |
| 1987 | 549 | — | #5,636 | #365 |
| 1986 | 522 | — | #5,482 | #366 |
| 1985 | 513 | — | #6,069 | #365 |
| 1984 | 463 | — | #10,610 | #381 |
| 1983 | 514 | — | #6,272 | #352 |
| 1982 | 1,104 | — | #9,358 | #217 |
| 1981 | 544 | — | #5,600 | #342 |
| 1980 | 415 | — | #10,570 | #400 |
| 1979 | 490 | — | — | #359 |
| 1978 | 381 | — | — | #396 |
| 1977 | 415 | — | — | #385 |
| 1976 | 505 | — | — | #341 |
| 1975 | 462 | — | — | #359 |
| 1974 | 509 | — | — | #342 |
| 1973 | 541 | — | — | #322 |
| 1972 | 633 | — | #8,413 | #293 |
| 1971 | 740 | — | #7,476 | #284 |
| 1970 | 878 | — | #6,435 | #260 |
| 1969 | 791 | — | — | #264 |
| 1968 | 846 | — | #7,101 | #246 |
| 1967 | 837 | — | — | #243 |
| 1966 | 860 | — | — | #243 |
| 1965 | 743 | — | — | #274 |
| 1964 | 786 | — | — | #275 |
| 1963 | 787 | — | — | #274 |
| 1962 | 787 | — | — | #274 |
| 1961 | 741 | — | — | #284 |
| 1960 | 1,242 | — | — | #223 |
| 1959 | 1,839 | — | — | #170 |
| 1958 | 1,514 | — | — | #187 |
| 1957 | 194 | — | — | #556 |
| 1956 | 81 | — | — | #831 |
| 1955 | 91 | — | — | #763 |
| 1954 | 82 | — | — | #795 |
| 1953 | 55 | — | — | #968 |
| 1952 | 48 | — | — | #1,045 |
| 1951 | 25 | — | — | #1,490 |
| 1950 | 34 | — | — | #1,233 |
| 1949 | 25 | — | — | #1,466 |
| 1948 | 19 | — | — | #1,709 |
| 1947 | 28 | — | — | #1,397 |
| 1946 | 12 | — | — | #2,158 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | — | #2,266 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | — | #2,657 |
| 1943 | 12 | — | — | #2,189 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | — | #2,507 |
| 1940 | 10 | — | — | #2,343 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | — | #4,276 |