Meaning and history
From a surname that probably meant “quarrelsome” or “deceptive” in Middle English, originally applied to a quarrelsome person.
20062006: 273 births, rank #765
2007: 362 births, rank #662
2008: 408 births, rank #610
2009: 464 births, rank #571
2010: 468 births, rank #541
20112011: 626 births, rank #436
2012: 804 births, rank #376
2013: 878 births, rank #359
2014: 959 births, rank #346
2015: 1,142 births, rank #313
20162016: 1,389 births, rank #261
2017: 1,612 births, rank #234
2018: 1,808 births, rank #213
2019: 1,863 births, rank #209
2020: 2,010 births, rank #193
20212021: 1,962 births, rank #193
2022: 1,789 births, rank #208
2023: 1,787 births, rank #206
2024: 1,989 births, rank #187
20252025: 2,138 births, rank #171
Barrett rose from #187 to #171 for boys between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 2,138.