Brentley
- #9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births
- #2,006 for boys in 2025, 75 births
- Given to boys 93.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2014 · 413 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,244since 1957
Brentley over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | #2,006 | 75 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #1,776 | 92 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | #1,420 | 128 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #1,516 | 119 |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | #1,253 | 152 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #1,095 | 181 |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | #956 | 224 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #906 | 238 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #815 | 278 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | #748 | 326 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #642 | 411 |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 | #636 | 413 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | #652 | 372 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | #751 | 304 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #1,159 | 154 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #2,037 | 67 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | #4,278 | 23 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #5,249 | 17 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | — | #4,005 | 22 | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,501 | 18 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,325 | 18 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #2,068 | 34 |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,549 | 15 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,158 | 18 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1957
The first year at least five boys were named Brentley! It came in at #3,993, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1957–1959, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Brentley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #708 | 5 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Tennessee | #842 | 7 | 1 in 5,253 |
| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| Georgia | #1,350 | 5 | 1 in 10,044 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
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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 Brentley
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 911 spots since 2020 (#1,095 → #2,006)
- Biggest jump: 408 spots in 2012
- Biggest drop: 139 spots in 2020
Rise & fade · boys
57 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2014 at #636 (413 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2012–2019
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,651
- Highest: 1 in 4,651 boys born in 2014 were named Brentley (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,774 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 65.7% of all boys named Brentley (2,787) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 19 | #3,275 (1958) | #3,519 |
| 1960s | 94 | #2,132 (1966) | #2,908 |
| 1970s | 135 | #2,158 (1972) | #2,830 |
| 1980s | 169 | #2,068 (1989) | #3,118 |
| 1990s | 138 | #3,166 (1990) | #4,598 |
| 2000s | 155 | #4,005 (2004) | #5,377 |
| 2010s | 2,787 | #636 (2014) | #930 |
| 2020s | 747 | #1,095 (2020) | #1,511 |
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.
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