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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

BrettIn Hebrew: ברט · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Brett (Hebrew: ברט) is a unisex name of international origin. 137 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1983, with 6 babies.

People in Israel
137
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1983
6 babies
USA, 2025
133
rank #1,382

Writing and saying Brett

In Hebrew letters the name is ברט, read right to left. Brett is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Brett by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Brett: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Brett in English-speaking countries

Brett in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025133#1,3821986 (4,729)
Alberta20256#6831992 (176)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Brett has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Brett

How do you write Brett in Hebrew?

Brett is written ברט in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Brett?

137 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ברט: 40 women and 97 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Brett a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 29% of the people named ברט are women and 71% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Brett used outside Israel?

The name Brett appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 133 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,382), per the Social Security Administration.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.