Brently
- Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869
- #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
- Given to boys 98.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2014 · 121 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,424since 1960
Brently over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Brently has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #5,045 | 19 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,890 | 20 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,886 | 20 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,617 | 31 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,242 | 36 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,202 | 35 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,943 | 41 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,546 | 50 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,388 | 54 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,921 | 76 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,677 | 93 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,396 | 121 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,444 | 114 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #1,490 | 108 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #2,626 | 46 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #3,708 | 28 |
| 2009 | — | #5,554 | 16 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,920 | 11 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,309 | 18 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,292 | 29 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,765 | 20 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,270 | 13 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,593 | 8 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,308 | 14 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1960
The first year at least five boys were named Brently! It came in at #3,665, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1965, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Brently is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Brently in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Brently
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,843 spots since 2020 (#3,202 → #5,045)
Rise & fade · boys
54 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 2014 at #1,396 (121 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,875
- Highest: 1 in 15,875 boys born in 2014 were named Brently (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 51.3% of all boys named Brently (731) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96 | #2,035 (1962) | #2,923 |
| 1970s | 98 | #2,621 (1970) | #3,550 |
| 1980s | 127 | #2,292 (1989) | #3,929 |
| 1990s | 109 | #3,309 (1990) | #5,392 |
| 2000s | 102 | #5,554 (2009) | #7,373 |
| 2010s | 731 | #1,396 (2014) | #2,214 |
| 2020s | 161 | #3,202 (2020) | #4,147 |
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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