Brett vs Brewer
American parents have registered 162,513 Bretts since 1880, against 1,404 Brewers. But in 2025 it was Brewer that was commoner, 319 babies to 144.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Brett Brewer
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 101 years in which either name was published, Brett for 93 years and Brewer for 8 years. The lead changed hands 4 times.
Side by side
| Brett | Brewer | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 162,513 | 1,404 |
| Most in one year | 4,904 | 319 |
| Babies in 2025 | 144 | 319 |
| Estimated living today | 149,000 | 1,400 |
| Median age today | 40 | 3 |
| Peak year | 1986 | 2025 |
| Best rank | 69th boys | 804th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 1,382nd | 804th |
| First recorded | 1926 | 1913 |
| Girls / boys | 3,404 / 159,109 | 14 / 1,390 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Bretts alive today are over 40; half the Brewers are over 3. That is 37 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Brett Utah (2.4×), Idaho (2.1×), Wyoming (2.0×)
- Brewer Tennessee (4.5×), North Carolina (3.1×), Indiana (2.5×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Brett and Brewer.