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.

Brenton

#949 most common boys' name of all time · #2,196 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among boys
#949
Rank overall
#2,196 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
15,117
Since 2016
1,143
Peak year
1984 #261
Best rank
#261 1984
Girls Boys peak 806/yr
192019401960198020002020

Brenton first appears in 1912. 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 — 70 70 #2,096
2024 — 80 80 #1,960
2023 — 102 102 #1,669
2022 — 83 83 #1,896
2021 — 81 81 #1,888
2020 — 95 95 #1,675
2019 — 150 150 #1,253
2018 — 156 156 #1,205
2017 — 157 157 #1,189
2016 — 169 169 #1,142
2015 — 171 171 #1,120
2014 — 199 199 #1,022
2013 — 201 201 #988
2012 — 227 227 #912
2011 — 228 228 #898
2010 — 190 190 #1,020
2009 — 232 232 #896
2008 — 203 203 #980
2007 — 196 196 #995
2006 — 196 196 #950
2005 — 187 187 #935
2004 — 198 198 #877
2003 — 208 208 #836
2002 — 199 199 #837
2001 — 211 211 #798
2000 — 244 244 #715
1999 — 261 261 #663
1998 — 252 252 #678
1997 — 276 276 #626
1996 — 318 318 #572
1995 — 299 299 #598
1994 — 320 320 #577
1993 — 330 330 #562
1992 — 353 353 #543
1991 — 369 369 #519
1990 — 444 444 #470
1989 — 447 447 #445
1988 5 502 507 #398
1987 — 503 503 #383
1986 — 601 601 #330
1985 6 603 609 #328
1984 7 799 806 #261
1983 — 250 250 #527
1982 — 255 255 #536
1981 — 186 186 #629
1980 — 189 189 #635
1979 — 184 184 #634
1978 — 134 134 #727
1977 — 177 177 #637
1976 — 140 140 #704
1975 — 145 145 #687
1974 — 147 147 #672
1973 — 171 171 #607
1972 — 153 153 #645
1971 — 173 173 #630
1970 — 184 184 #599
1969 — 144 144 #658
1968 — 156 156 #611
1967 — 82 82 #803
1966 — 64 64 #911
1965 — 45 45 #1,123
1964 — 53 53 #1,041
1963 — 53 53 #1,048
1962 — 44 44 #1,179
1961 — 42 42 #1,229
1960 — 38 38 #1,287
1959 — 41 41 #1,221
1958 — 36 36 #1,295
1957 — 36 36 #1,313
1956 — 24 24 #1,631
1955 — 21 21 #1,710
1954 — 34 34 #1,305
1953 — 32 32 #1,352
1952 — 23 23 #1,602
1951 — 28 28 #1,424
1950 — 36 36 #1,216
1949 — 40 40 #1,124
1948 — 12 12 #2,283
1947 — 25 25 #1,505
1946 — 25 25 #1,431
1945 — 21 21 #1,476
1944 — 17 17 #1,722
1943 — 16 16 #1,888
1942 — 20 20 #1,613
1941 — 16 16 #1,801
1940 — 23 23 #1,426
1939 — 15 15 #1,857
1938 — 14 14 #1,959
1937 — 11 11 #2,275
1936 — 17 17 #1,695
1935 — 8 8 #2,853
1934 — 11 11 #2,347
1933 — 7 7 #3,112
1932 — 13 13 #2,158
1931 — 9 9 #2,774
1930 — 11 11 #2,543
1929 — 11 11 #2,536
1928 — 11 11 #2,592
1927 — 8 8 #3,267
1926 — 10 10 #2,818
1925 — 13 13 #2,395
1924 — 14 14 #2,310
1923 — 6 6 #3,955
1921 — 11 11 #2,735
1920 — 14 14 #2,302
1919 — 10 10 #2,771
1918 — 8 8 #3,208
1917 — 8 8 #3,070
1915 — 7 7 #3,200
1912 — 7 7 #2,215