Brantly
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2013 · 103 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 859since 1972
Brantly over time
Rank among boys' names. Brantly has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,041 | 18 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,114 | 25 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,610 | 21 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,678 | 29 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,681 | 29 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,189 | 62 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,812 | 82 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,540 | 103 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #1,676 | 91 |
| 2011 | — | #2,376 | 53 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,808 | 19 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,748 | 16 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,446 | 16 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,203 | 16 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Brantly! It came in at #4,986, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1986, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Brantly is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#449 · 1 in 2,242
- Missouri#647 · 1 in 4,536
- Florida#1,090 · 1 in 10,218
- Georgia#1,207 · 1 in 10,802
- Texas#1,562 · 1 in 19,738
Best ever in a state: #449 in Mississippi, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #449 | 6 | 1 in 2,242 |
| Missouri | #647 | 7 | 1 in 4,536 |
| Florida | #1,090 | 9 | 1 in 10,218 |
| Georgia | #1,207 | 5 | 1 in 10,802 |
| Texas | #1,562 | 9 | 1 in 19,738 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Brantly
- 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
- 6,967 spots since 2020 (#5,041 → #12,008)
- 9,819 spots since 2015 (#2,189 → #12,008)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2013 at #1,540 (103 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 18,365 boys born in 2013 were named Brantly (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 59.6% of all boys named Brantly (512) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #4,986 (1972) | #4,986 |
| 1980s | 41 | #3,203 (1988) | #3,741 |
| 1990s | 111 | #3,748 (1992) | #5,335 |
| 2000s | 132 | #4,785 (2000) | #5,951 |
| 2010s | 512 | #1,540 (2013) | #3,093 |
| 2020s | 58 | #5,041 (2020) | #8,854 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Brantly in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 352,211 of them was named Brantly, which outranked 13.6% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,665 names at #16,869; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 20,846 of them was named Brantly, which outranked 88.2% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,668Oziel92
- #1,668Steele92
- #1,668Tytus92
- #1,676Brantly91
- #1,676Bryer91
- #1,676Danilo91
- #1,676Efren91
- #1,687Arley90
- #1,687Braelyn90
- #1,687Cal90
Tied with 10 names at #1,676; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.