Brent
Last seen for girls in 1996 at #13,518 · #1,509 for boys in 2025, 116 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 4,053 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 18 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 139,799since 1885
Brent over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,509 | 116 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,650 | 102 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,449 | 125 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,353 | 138 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,240 | 154 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,262 | 145 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,094 | 182 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,175 | 163 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,007 | 201 | |
| 2016 | — | #973 | 211 | |
| 2015 | — | #873 | 254 | |
| 2014 | — | #849 | 263 | |
| 2013 | — | #777 | 289 | |
| 2012 | — | #731 | 318 | |
| 2011 | — | #782 | 287 | |
| 2010 | — | #655 | 368 | |
| 2009 | — | #626 | 399 | |
| 2008 | — | #559 | 471 | |
| 2007 | — | #505 | 522 | |
| 2006 | — | #485 | 544 | |
| 2005 | — | #454 | 562 | |
| 2004 | — | #404 | 646 | |
| 2003 | — | #382 | 685 | |
| 2002 | — | #362 | 727 | |
| 2001 | — | #330 | 847 | |
| 2000 | — | #319 | 900 | |
| 1999 | — | #279 | 1,055 | |
| 1998 | — | #249 | 1,202 | |
| 1997 | — | #241 | 1,254 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #226 | 1,337 |
| 1995 | — | #194 | 1,586 | |
| 1994 | — | #188 | 1,630 | |
| 1993 | — | #178 | 1,801 | |
| 1992 | — | #160 | 1,958 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #146 | 2,193 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #127 | 2,608 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #118 | 2,748 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #107 | 2,869 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 | #103 | 2,835 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #94 | 3,061 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | #89 | 3,321 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #89 | 3,186 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #94 | 3,030 |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 | #91 | 3,321 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | #88 | 3,371 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 | #84 | 3,537 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | #84 | 3,455 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | #87 | 3,181 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | #85 | 3,423 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 | #78 | 3,405 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | #79 | 3,364 |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 | #76 | 3,413 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | #80 | 3,287 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | #77 | 3,530 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 | #73 | 4,053 |
| 1970 | #2,395 | 31 | #74 | 4,269 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #92 | 3,355 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #102 | 2,919 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #108 | 2,861 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #114 | 2,689 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #131 | 2,408 |
| 1964 | — | #125 | 2,745 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #125 | 2,815 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #139 | 2,558 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #137 | 2,553 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #154 | 2,261 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #151 | 2,280 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #159 | 2,072 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #174 | 1,779 |
| 1956 | — | #191 | 1,457 | |
| 1955 | — | #193 | 1,382 | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #202 | 1,232 |
| 1953 | — | #201 | 1,202 | |
| 1952 | — | #205 | 1,081 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #211 | 942 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #212 | 908 |
| 1949 | — | #240 | 738 | |
| 1948 | — | #256 | 645 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #257 | 669 |
| 1946 | — | #287 | 506 | |
| 1945 | — | #362 | 269 | |
| 1944 | — | #336 | 315 | |
| 1943 | — | #328 | 350 | |
| 1942 | — | #343 | 315 | |
| 1941 | — | #340 | 289 | |
| 1940 | — | #336 | 288 | |
| 1939 | — | #418 | 185 | |
| 1938 | — | #544 | 114 | |
| 1937 | — | #609 | 91 | |
| 1936 | — | #747 | 65 | |
| 1935 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1934 | — | #942 | 45 | |
| 1933 | — | #926 | 46 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,198 | 32 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,128 | 36 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,330 | 29 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,480 | 24 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,760 | 19 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,468 | 26 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,661 | 21 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,806 | 19 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,894 | 18 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,123 | 15 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,240 | 14 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,703 | 21 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,642 | 22 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,624 | 21 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,767 | 19 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
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| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1885
The first year at least five boys were named Brent! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Brent is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Georgia#646 · 1 in 4,130
- Ohio#657 · 1 in 4,489
- Pennsylvania#668 · 1 in 4,851
- Tennessee#681 · 1 in 4,534
- Michigan#752 · 1 in 5,158
Best ever in a state: #13 in Utah, 1950.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #646 | 13 | 1 in 4,130 |
| Ohio | #657 | 13 | 1 in 4,489 |
| Pennsylvania | #668 | 12 | 1 in 4,851 |
| Tennessee | #681 | 8 | 1 in 4,534 |
| Michigan | #752 | 9 | 1 in 5,158 |
| Maryland | #773 | 5 | 1 in 5,301 |
| Missouri | #840 | 5 | 1 in 6,121 |
| New Jersey | #867 | 6 | 1 in 6,809 |
| California | #934 | 24 | 1 in 8,988 |
| North Carolina | #938 | 7 | 1 in 7,332 |
| Virginia | #963 | 5 | 1 in 8,150 |
| New York | #1,105 | 10 | 1 in 9,755 |
| Texas | #1,218 | 14 | 1 in 12,583 |
| Florida | #1,362 | 7 | 1 in 13,810 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 141 spots since 2024 (#1,650 → #1,509)
- 247 spots since 2020 (#1,262 → #1,509)
- 636 spots since 2015 (#873 → #1,509)
- Biggest jump: 272 spots in 1933 (#1,198 → #926)
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 2011 (#655 → #782)
Rise & fade · boys
86 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1971 at #73 (4,053 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1969–1986
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1933–2016
Share of babies · boys
1 in 435
- Highest: 1 in 435 boys born in 1970 were named Brent (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,725 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #73 in 1971, was only 1 in 436 (0.23%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 25.3% of all boys named Brent (35,380) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #936 (1885) | #936 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,101 (1896) | #1,101 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 111 | #1,589 (1910) | #1,823 |
| 1920s | 199 | #1,468 (1927) | #1,778 |
| 1930s | 694 | #418 (1939) | #872 |
| 1940s | 4,384 | #240 (1949) | #309 |
| 1950s | 14,335 | #151 (1959) | #190 |
| 1960s | 27,164 | #92 (1969) | #123 |
| 1970s | 35,380 | #73 (1971) | #79 |
| 1980s | 31,279 | #84 (1980) | #96 |
| 1990s | 16,624 | #127 (1990) | #199 |
| 2000s | 6,303 | #319 (2000) | #443 |
| 2010s | 2,536 | #655 (2010) | #892 |
| 2020s | 780 | #1,240 (2021) | #1,411 |
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.
Brent in 2017
boys
#1,007
201 births · 1 in 9,209 boys
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 9,209 of them was named Brent, which outranked 92.9% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).