The baby name Bret appears in baby name data for the United States from 1952 to 2011. It was most popular in 1959 with 2,255 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Bret has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1952 | 5 |
| 1953 | 10 |
| 1954 | 38 |
| 1955 | 36 |
| 1956 | 21 |
| 1957 | 154 |
| 1958 | 1,728 |
| 1959 | 2,255 |
| 1960 | 1,496 |
| 1961 | 740 |
| 1962 | 895 |
| 1963 | 976 |
| 1964 | 957 |
| 1965 | 900 |
| 1966 | 1,008 |
| 1967 | 1,001 |
| 1968 | 967 |
| 1969 | 934 |
| 1970 | 995 |
| 1971 | 795 |
| 1972 | 706 |
| 1973 | 587 |
| 1974 | 514 |
| 1975 | 467 |
| 1976 | 525 |
| 1977 | 447 |
| 1978 | 397 |
| 1979 | 544 |
| 1980 | 410 |
| 1981 | 530 |
| 1982 | 1,189 |
| 1983 | 544 |
| 1984 | 456 |
| 1985 | 533 |
| 1986 | 517 |
| 1987 | 517 |
| 1988 | 476 |
| 1989 | 520 |
| 1990 | 541 |
| 1991 | 521 |
| 1992 | 538 |
| 1993 | 408 |
| 1994 | 408 |
| 1995 | 395 |
| 1996 | 339 |
| 1997 | 250 |
| 1998 | 284 |
| 1999 | 354 |
| 2000 | 279 |
| 2001 | 262 |
| 2002 | 176 |
| 2003 | 173 |
| 2004 | 97 |
| 2005 | 91 |
| 2006 | 45 |
| 2007 | 32 |
| 2008 | 70 |
| 2009 | 34 |
| 2010 | 14 |
| 2011 | 33 |