Barrett
Pronounced B AE1 R IH0 T (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2020
- 139 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Barrett?
Barrett is a boys' name, and first appears in 1886. It has been given to 33,595 children — the 606th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2020, when 2,034 children were given it.
Barret is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Barrett and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Barret
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B AE1 R IH0 T · B EH1 R IH0 T
- Stress pattern:
- 10 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Barrett
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Barrett
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Barrett?
- Barrett ranks 606th among boys' names in US records, with 33,595 births since 1886. Over the past decade it accounts for 17,622.
- Is Barrett a unisex name?
- No. Barrett is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Barrett most popular?
- 2020, when 2,034 children were given the name. It has been in use for 139 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Barrett spelled?
- Barret. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.