Barrett
The 2025 national count puts Barrett at #171, at or near its all-time peak. An old entry (1886) having its biggest moment now, with 33,425 American bearers across the record.
Barrett’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Barrett, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Barrett since 1886
Barrett is at its all-time peak right now: #171 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Barrett is most common
Among the states, Barrett takes its largest share in Nebraska, 0.59% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Montana and North Dakota next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Barrett
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Braxton
#172 in 2025
Beckham
#168 in 2025
Bryson
#152 in 2025
Brielle
#143 in 2025
Beckett
#141 in 2025
Bentley
#215 in 2025
Bella
#136 in 2025
Baker
#217 in 2025
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About Barrett
How common is Barrett today?
The 2025 national count puts Barrett at #171, at or near its all-time peak. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1886.
What does Barrett mean?
Honestly: our cited sources are silent on Barrett, and we would rather show you nothing than something made up.
What names go with Barrett?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Braxton sits closest, with Beckham and Bryson just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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