Meaning and history
From an English surname meaning “a Breton,” referring to an inhabitant of Brittany, and derived from Old French Bret. A well-known bearer is former American football quarterback Brett Favre (1969–).
20062006: 1,082 births, rank #304
2007: 958 births, rank #333
2008: 1,070 births, rank #311
2009: 766 births, rank #392
2010: 729 births, rank #389
20112011: 510 births, rank #508
2012: 427 births, rank #596
2013: 360 births, rank #669
2014: 386 births, rank #664
2015: 324 births, rank #745
20162016: 333 births, rank #733
2017: 315 births, rank #748
2018: 288 births, rank #788
2019: 275 births, rank #820
2020: 241 births, rank #924
20212021: 201 births, rank #1,064
2022: 216 births, rank #1,025
2023: 187 births, rank #1,128
2024: 207 births, rank #1,057
20252025: 133 births, rank #1,382
Brett moved from #820 to #925 for boys between 2019 and 2020. Its highest annual birth count came in 1986, with 4,729 births.