Brett

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Brett: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Brett: Recorded since 1954, it reached #15 in 1963, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
113times a registrar ranked it
71years from first to last
#15highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for
8names it appears alongside

What stands out in Brett's record

Held a top-100 place for 39 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#159
1997	#182
1998	#212
1999	#228
2000	#246
2001	#341
2002	#287
2003	#329
2004	#417
2005	#461
2006	#543
2007	#617
2008	#775
2009	#972
2010	#1029
2011	#1087
2012	#1270
2013	#1462
2014	#1819
2015	#1380
2016	#1704
2017	#2172
2018	#2445
2019	#1745
2020	#1935
2021	#2301
2022	#3449
2023	#3523
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in New South Wales, Australia in every year from 1955 to 1992.

In 2008: #328 among boys in Northern Ireland, #775 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1954–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1954
First recorded at #95 among boys in New Zealand in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1955–1992
Highest recorded position: #15 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1963 (recorded 1955–1992).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Brett appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, with 38 ranked years and 13,242 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Boys, from 1954.

Brett across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Brett's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#95 (1955)	#15 (1963)	#90 (1992)	38 of 38	13,242 (1955–1992)	610 (1963)
New Zealand · Boys	#95 (1954)	#21 (1967)	#100 (1991)	37 of 38	4,598 (1954–1991)	271 (1967)
England and Wales · Boys	#159 (1996)	#159 (1996)	#4270 (2024)	29 of 29	1,535 (1996–2024)	214 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#248 (1997)	#190 (1998)	#328 (2008)	8 of 12	37 (1997–2008)	7 (1998)

Brett by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Brett in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	774	5 of 10	155
1960sbusiest	5,148	10 of 10	515
1970s	4,671	10 of 10	467
1980s	2,331	10 of 10	233
1990s	318	3 of 10	106

Across New South Wales, Australia · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 515 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1958 and 1959, when recorded births rose by 177, from 162 to 339.

See the names New South Wales, Australiahas recorded the most births with →

Brett appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1954 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #15 in New South Wales, Australia in 1963.

Brett's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1087	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1029	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#972	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#775	37	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#617	48	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#543	54	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#461	61	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#417	66	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#329	83	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#287	97	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#341	74	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#246	117	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#228	134	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#212	148	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#182	179	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#159	214	High	Verified
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	139	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	187	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#45	206	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#41	236	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	207	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	264	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	268	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	255	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	258	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	311	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#27	358	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#27	348	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#27	360	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#25	447	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#26	430	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#22	514	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#21	530	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#22	579	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#22	598	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#22	507	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#22	477	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#21	487	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#21	473	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#21	467	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#20	534	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#16	606	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#15	610	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#18	526	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#18	512	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#19	456	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	339	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	162	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#64	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	63	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New Zealand	male	#100	52	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#88	65	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	male	#91	60	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	male	#93	55	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#79	65	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#62	80	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#54	91	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#51	100	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#75	63	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#56	88	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#67	80	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#67	83	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#57	97	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#78	78	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#62	97	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#64	96	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#58	111	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#54	134	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#40	172	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#39	182	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#40	180	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#32	221	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#27	245	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#21	271	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#30	221	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#27	257	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#33	222	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#41	209	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#44	188	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#56	153	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#56	140	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#71	98	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#69	103	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#72	93	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#98	48	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#96	48	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#95	52	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#263	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#206	6	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#241	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#190	7	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#248	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1954 and 2024, ranked in 68 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #15, first reached in 1963.

It held a top-100 place in 39 years, 39 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 610 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1963.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1955, and 43 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Brent · #22, 63y
Brenton · #66, 12y
Bria · #179, 29y
Briain · #323, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Geoffrey · #15, 73y
Diane · #16, 73y
Lorraine · #14, 73y
Markus · #13, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Bruce · #15, 61y
Gail · #15, 47y
Garry · #15, 71y
Geoffrey · #15, 73y

Comparisons involving Brett

Existing comparison pages where Brett and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Brett in the same published list across at least 25 years.

David vs Brett
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Boys within 2 years — David #1 in 1961, Brett #15 in 1963.
David · Brett · 38 shared years, 1955–1992 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1963 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Michael vs Brett
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Boys within 2 years — Michael #1 in 1968, Brett #21 in 1967.
Michael · Brett · 37 shared years, 1954–1991 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1968 New Zealand ranking
Craig vs Brett
Across 37 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Craig and Brett averaged 8.3 places apart, ending at #97 and #82.
Craig · Brett · 37 shared years, 1955–1991 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1991 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Brett within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Richard vs Brett
Across 38 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Richard and Brett averaged 10.0 places apart, ending at #67 and #90.
Richard · Brett · 38 shared years, 1955–1992 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1992 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Shane vs Brett
Across 38 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Shane and Brett averaged 11.3 places apart, ending at #64 and #90.
Shane · Brett · 38 shared years, 1955–1992 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1992 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Dean vs Brett
Across 35 shared years in New Zealand · Boys, Dean and Brett averaged 13.1 places apart, ending at #92 and #100.
Dean · Brett · 35 shared years, 1956–1991 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1991 New Zealand ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Brett and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Martin vs Brett
In New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Brett moved into the top 50 at #32 in 1959 as Martin fell out of it to #51, having been #47 the year before.
Martin · Brett · 38 shared years, 1955–1992 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1959 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Brett vs Jeremy
In New Zealand · Boys, Jeremy moved into the top 50 at #35 in 1973 as Brett fell out of it to #54, having been #40 the year before.
Brett · Jeremy · 23 shared years, 1968–1991 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1973 New Zealand ranking

Brett was ranked #15 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1963. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Brett and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Brett without appearing here.

Brett moved ahead of

Arthur Compare
In 1957 they stood at #98 and #92 in New Zealand · Boys; by 1958 that had become #69 and #95.
Noel Compare
In 1957 they stood at #64 and #60 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys; by 1958 that had become #50 and #76.
Martin Compare
In 1958 they stood at #50 and #47 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys; by 1959 that had become #32 and #51.
Gerard Compare
In 1956 they stood at #98 and #84 in New Zealand · Boys; by 1957 that had become #72 and #90.

Moved ahead of Brett

Geoffrey Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #2443.
Johannes Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #2493 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #1781.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2018.
Hans Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #2320.

Moved the opposite way to Brett

Dean Compare
Between 1957 and 1992 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Brett went from #64 to #90 while Dean went from #93 to #52.
Matthew Compare
Between 1957 and 1992 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Brett went from #64 to #90 while Matthew went from #78 to #1.
Scott Compare
Between 1957 and 1992 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Brett went from #64 to #90 while Scott went from #75 to #34.
Philip Compare
Between 1955 and 1988 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Brett went from #95 to #48 while Philip went from #35 to #98.

Moved the same way as Brett

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brett went from #159 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brett went from #159 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brett went from #159 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Brett went from #159 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1954 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #15 in New South Wales, Australia in 1963. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Brett

Brett at a glance

What stands out in Brett's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Brett across 4 official records

Brett by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Brett appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Brett

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Names published alongside Brett

Brett and the names beside it

Brett moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Brett

Moved the opposite way to Brett

Moved the same way as Brett

Brett at a glance

What stands out in Brett's record

Brett across 4 official records

Brett by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Brett appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Brett

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Names published alongside Brett

Brett and the names beside it

Brett moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Brett

Moved the opposite way to Brett

Moved the same way as Brett