Brent
#247 most common boys' name of all time · #540 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1885–2025
Rank among boys
#247
Rank overall
#540 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
140,366
Since 2016
1,537
Peak year
1970 #74
Best rank
#73 1971
Girls
Boys
peak 4,300/yr
Brent first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,510 |
| 2024 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,653 |
| 2023 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,452 |
| 2022 | — | 138 | 138 | #1,355 |
| 2021 | — | 154 | 154 | #1,241 |
| 2020 | — | 145 | 145 | #1,262 |
| 2019 | — | 182 | 182 | #1,096 |
| 2018 | — | 163 | 163 | #1,175 |
| 2017 | — | 201 | 201 | #1,009 |
| 2016 | — | 211 | 211 | #973 |
| 2015 | — | 254 | 254 | #874 |
| 2014 | — | 263 | 263 | #850 |
| 2013 | — | 289 | 289 | #777 |
| 2012 | — | 318 | 318 | #731 |
| 2011 | — | 287 | 287 | #782 |
| 2010 | — | 368 | 368 | #655 |
| 2009 | — | 399 | 399 | #626 |
| 2008 | — | 471 | 471 | #559 |
| 2007 | — | 522 | 522 | #506 |
| 2006 | — | 544 | 544 | #485 |
| 2005 | — | 562 | 562 | #454 |
| 2004 | — | 646 | 646 | #405 |
| 2003 | — | 685 | 685 | #383 |
| 2002 | — | 727 | 727 | #362 |
| 2001 | — | 847 | 847 | #330 |
| 2000 | — | 900 | 900 | #319 |
| 1999 | — | 1,055 | 1,055 | #280 |
| 1998 | — | 1,202 | 1,202 | #249 |
| 1997 | — | 1,254 | 1,254 | #241 |
| 1996 | 5 | 1,337 | 1,342 | #226 |
| 1995 | — | 1,586 | 1,586 | #194 |
| 1994 | — | 1,630 | 1,630 | #188 |
| 1993 | — | 1,801 | 1,801 | #178 |
| 1992 | — | 1,958 | 1,958 | #160 |
| 1991 | 6 | 2,193 | 2,199 | #146 |
| 1990 | 10 | 2,608 | 2,618 | #127 |
| 1989 | 12 | 2,748 | 2,760 | #118 |
| 1988 | 16 | 2,869 | 2,885 | #107 |
| 1987 | 31 | 2,835 | 2,866 | #103 |
| 1986 | 17 | 3,061 | 3,078 | #94 |
| 1985 | 24 | 3,321 | 3,345 | #89 |
| 1984 | 19 | 3,186 | 3,205 | #89 |
| 1983 | 20 | 3,030 | 3,050 | #94 |
| 1982 | 25 | 3,321 | 3,346 | #91 |
| 1981 | 22 | 3,371 | 3,393 | #89 |
| 1980 | 26 | 3,537 | 3,563 | #84 |
| 1979 | 17 | 3,455 | 3,472 | #84 |
| 1978 | 21 | 3,181 | 3,202 | #87 |
| 1977 | 20 | 3,423 | 3,443 | #85 |
| 1976 | 20 | 3,405 | 3,425 | #78 |
| 1975 | 17 | 3,364 | 3,381 | #79 |
| 1974 | 25 | 3,413 | 3,438 | #76 |
| 1973 | 17 | 3,287 | 3,304 | #80 |
| 1972 | 22 | 3,530 | 3,552 | #77 |
| 1971 | 20 | 4,053 | 4,073 | #73 |
| 1970 | 31 | 4,269 | 4,300 | #74 |
| 1969 | 11 | 3,355 | 3,366 | #92 |
| 1968 | 8 | 2,919 | 2,927 | #102 |
| 1967 | 16 | 2,861 | 2,877 | #108 |
| 1966 | 5 | 2,689 | 2,694 | #114 |
| 1965 | 8 | 2,408 | 2,416 | #131 |
| 1964 | — | 2,745 | 2,745 | #125 |
| 1963 | 7 | 2,815 | 2,822 | #125 |
| 1962 | 6 | 2,558 | 2,564 | #139 |
| 1961 | 8 | 2,553 | 2,561 | #137 |
| 1960 | 9 | 2,261 | 2,270 | #154 |
| 1959 | 7 | 2,280 | 2,287 | #151 |
| 1958 | 6 | 2,072 | 2,078 | #159 |
| 1957 | 8 | 1,779 | 1,787 | #174 |
| 1956 | — | 1,457 | 1,457 | #192 |
| 1955 | — | 1,382 | 1,382 | #193 |
| 1954 | 7 | 1,232 | 1,239 | #202 |
| 1953 | — | 1,202 | 1,202 | #201 |
| 1952 | — | 1,081 | 1,081 | #205 |
| 1951 | 6 | 942 | 948 | #211 |
| 1950 | 6 | 908 | 914 | #212 |
| 1949 | — | 738 | 738 | #240 |
| 1948 | — | 645 | 645 | #256 |
| 1947 | 6 | 669 | 675 | #259 |
| 1946 | — | 506 | 506 | #287 |
| 1945 | — | 269 | 269 | #363 |
| 1944 | — | 315 | 315 | #336 |
| 1943 | — | 350 | 350 | #328 |
| 1942 | — | 315 | 315 | #343 |
| 1941 | — | 289 | 289 | #340 |
| 1940 | — | 288 | 288 | #337 |
| 1939 | — | 185 | 185 | #418 |
| 1938 | — | 114 | 114 | #545 |
| 1937 | — | 91 | 91 | #614 |
| 1936 | — | 65 | 65 | #751 |
| 1935 | — | 51 | 51 | #889 |
| 1934 | — | 45 | 45 | #951 |
| 1933 | — | 46 | 46 | #933 |
| 1932 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,205 |
| 1931 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,133 |
| 1930 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,345 |
| 1929 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,497 |
| 1928 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,780 |
| 1927 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,488 |
| 1926 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,690 |
| 1925 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,833 |
| 1924 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,923 |
| 1923 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,155 |
| 1922 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1921 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,732 |
| 1920 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,656 |
| 1919 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,648 |
| 1918 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,793 |
| 1917 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,851 |
| 1916 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 1915 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,732 |
| 1913 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,568 |
| 1912 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,937 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,676 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,220 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,054 |