Bretton
Bretton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198736 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1958
- 1,095people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,095 boys have been named Bretton in the United States since 1958, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 36 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1994, and the 1990s alone account for 26%.
By decade
In 1987, its biggest year
Bretton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1987 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Bretton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Montezpeak 1991
- Kendalepeak 1996
- Stefanpeak 1991
- Edgardpeak 1992
- Christonpeak 1998
- Kendellpeak 1990
- Johnathanpeak 1990
- Jeanpierrepeak 1997
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.