Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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