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.

Brently

#3,852 most common boys' name of all time · #9,384 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1960–2025

Rank among boys
#3,852
Rank overall
#9,384 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,442
Since 2016
382
Peak year
2014 #1,400
Best rank
#1,400 2014
Girls Boys peak 121/yr
1960198020002020

Brently first appears in 1960. 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 — 19 19 #5,078
2024 — 20 20 #4,939
2023 — 20 20 #4,936
2022 — 31 31 #3,644
2021 — 36 36 #3,258
2020 — 35 35 #3,227
2019 — 41 41 #2,960
2018 — 50 50 #2,555
2017 — 54 54 #2,399
2016 — 76 76 #1,928
2015 — 93 93 #1,681
2014 — 121 121 #1,400
2013 — 114 114 #1,453
2012 5 108 113 #1,496
2011 6 46 52 #2,638
2010 7 28 35 #3,738
2009 — 16 16 #5,604
2008 — 13 13 #6,485
2007 — 13 13 #6,363
2006 — 7 7 #9,815
2005 — 8 8 #8,496
2004 — 5 5 #11,704
2003 — 8 8 #8,051
2002 — 11 11 #6,210
2001 — 10 10 #6,576
2000 — 11 11 #6,033
1999 — 11 11 #5,769
1998 — 8 8 #7,034
1997 — 11 11 #5,406
1996 — 9 9 #6,137
1995 — 11 11 #5,257
1994 — 8 8 #6,578
1993 — 13 13 #4,542
1992 — 7 7 #6,892
1991 — 13 13 #4,333
1990 — 18 18 #3,383
1989 — 29 29 #2,336
1988 — 20 20 #2,816
1987 — 10 10 #4,395
1986 — 13 13 #3,546
1985 — 7 7 #5,438
1984 — 13 13 #3,378
1983 — 10 10 #4,013
1982 — 8 8 #4,807
1981 — 12 12 #3,526
1980 — 5 5 #6,710
1979 — 13 13 #3,293
1978 — 7 7 #4,800
1977 — 12 12 #3,320
1976 — 12 12 #3,201
1975 — 7 7 #4,596
1974 — 9 9 #3,738
1973 — 7 7 #4,327
1972 — 7 7 #4,258
1971 — 11 11 #3,100
1970 — 13 13 #2,719
1969 — 14 14 #2,404
1968 — 8 8 #3,330
1967 — 11 11 #2,606
1966 — 10 10 #2,772
1965 — 5 5 #4,333
1964 — 12 12 #2,544
1963 — 7 7 #3,620
1962 — 16 16 #2,115
1961 — 7 7 #3,639
1960 — 6 6 #4,010