Brant
Brant was the 3321st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 35 babies. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 519th with 241 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,492 places. More babies were named Brant in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,321 boys, down 849 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 35boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1970241 babies
- Total since 1880
- 9,579babies recorded
Brant popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 10 since 1971.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,321 | 35 |
| 2020 | #2,472 | 52 |
| 2010 | #1,642 | 95 |
| 2000 | #987 | 150 |
| 1990 | #773 | 173 |
| 1980 | #659 | 173 |
| 1970 | #519 | 241 |
| 1960 | #912 | 69 |
| 1950 | #906 | 57 |
| 1940 | #2,342 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,636 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,372 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Brant, counting every spelling?
Brant is a spelling of Brandt, a name family that had 65 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 65 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandt | 30 | #3,674 | 237 |
| Brant | 35 | #3,321 | 189 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Brant?
35 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brant (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Brant born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 240 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brant.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brant?
About 8,600 people born in the US named Brant are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 25 and 52. That makes Brant mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Brant by state
How common Brant was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Brant: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Brant, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Brant
How popular is the name Brant?
Brant was the 3321st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 35 babies. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 519th with 241 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,492 places. More babies were named Brant in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Brant a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Brant in the US.
Where is Brant most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brant was most common in Michigan (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by Ohio and Texas.