Brenton
Brenton was the 2096th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 70 babies. Its best year was 1984, when it ranked 260th with 799 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 977 places. More babies were named Brenton in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,096 boys, down 423 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 70boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1984799 babies
- Total since 1880
- 15,117babies recorded
Brenton popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 18 since 1984.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,096 | 70 |
| 2020 | #1,673 | 95 |
| 2010 | #1,020 | 190 |
| 2000 | #715 | 244 |
| 1990 | #469 | 444 |
| 1980 | #634 | 189 |
| 1970 | #596 | 184 |
| 1960 | #1,274 | 38 |
| 1950 | #1,204 | 36 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 23 |
| 1930 | #2,461 | 11 |
| 1920 | #2,236 | 14 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Brenton, counting every spelling?
Brenton is the most common spelling of a name family that had 70 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 70 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brenton | 70 | #2,096 | 416 |
| Brenten | — | — | 26 |
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 Brenton?
70 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Brenton (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Brenton 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 120 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Brenton.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Brenton?
About 13,900 people born in the US named Brenton are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 22 and 42. That makes Brenton 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.
Brenton by state
How common Brenton was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (2.5×). In 40 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
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Questions about the name Brenton
How popular is the name Brenton?
Brenton was the 2096th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 70 babies. Its best year was 1984, when it ranked 260th with 799 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 977 places. More babies were named Brenton in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Brenton a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Brenton in the US.
Where is Brenton most popular?
In 2021–2025, Brenton was most common in Georgia (0.12 per 1,000 boys), followed by Louisiana and Tennessee.