Brentley*
#1,850 most common boys' name of all time · #4,475 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1957–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#1,850
Rank overall
#4,475 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
4,548
Since 2016
1,943
Peak year
2014 #637
Best rank
#637 2014
Girls
Boys
peak 436/yr
Brentley first appears in 1957. 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 | 10 | 75 | 85 | #2,009 |
| 2024 | 10 | 92 | 102 | #1,786 |
| 2023 | 14 | 128 | 142 | #1,425 |
| 2022 | 12 | 119 | 131 | #1,518 |
| 2021 | 13 | 152 | 165 | #1,256 |
| 2020 | 9 | 181 | 190 | #1,097 |
| 2019 | 20 | 224 | 244 | #956 |
| 2018 | 12 | 238 | 250 | #906 |
| 2017 | 13 | 278 | 291 | #815 |
| 2016 | 17 | 326 | 343 | #749 |
| 2015 | 12 | 411 | 423 | #642 |
| 2014 | 23 | 413 | 436 | #637 |
| 2013 | 14 | 372 | 386 | #653 |
| 2012 | 23 | 304 | 327 | #752 |
| 2011 | 14 | 154 | 168 | #1,165 |
| 2010 | 12 | 67 | 79 | #2,044 |
| 2009 | 12 | 23 | 35 | #4,328 |
| 2008 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #5,293 |
| 2007 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #7,722 |
| 2006 | 12 | 18 | 30 | #4,923 |
| 2005 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #4,889 |
| 2004 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,049 |
| 2003 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #6,370 |
| 2002 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #5,484 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,128 |
| 2000 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,373 |
| 1999 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,118 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,967 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #6,801 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #5,682 |
| 1995 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,248 |
| 1994 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,973 |
| 1993 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,571 |
| 1992 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,987 |
| 1991 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,393 |
| 1990 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #3,239 |
| 1989 | 7 | 34 | 41 | #2,091 |
| 1988 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,416 |
| 1987 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,790 |
| 1986 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,069 |
| 1985 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,146 |
| 1984 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,818 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,771 |
| 1982 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,564 |
| 1981 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,735 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,706 |
| 1979 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,482 |
| 1978 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,159 |
| 1977 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,137 |
| 1976 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,675 |
| 1975 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,195 |
| 1974 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,633 |
| 1973 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,160 |
| 1972 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,223 |
| 1971 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1970 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,715 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,539 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,584 |
| 1967 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,952 |
| 1966 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,213 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,498 |
| 1964 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,035 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,604 |
| 1962 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,497 |
| 1961 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,699 |
| 1960 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,546 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,504 |