Bretton
Bretton was the 7266th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 1794th with 36 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 128 places. More babies were named Bretton in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,266 boys, up 330 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 11boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 198736 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,106babies recorded
Bretton popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,266 | 11 |
| 2020 | #7,596 | 10 |
| 2010 | #5,281 | 17 |
| 2000 | #3,004 | 29 |
| 1990 | #2,788 | 23 |
| 1980 | #3,113 | 14 |
| 1970 | #2,408 | 15 |
| 1960 | #3,120 | 8 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Bretton, counting every spelling?
Bretton is the most common spelling of a name family that had 16 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 16 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bretton | 11 | #7,266 | 42 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Bretton?
11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bretton (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Bretton born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bretton.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Bretton?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Bretton are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 19 and 41. That makes Bretton mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Bretton: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bretton, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Bretton
How popular is the name Bretton?
Bretton was the 7266th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 1794th with 36 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 128 places. More babies were named Bretton in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Bretton a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Bretton in the US.