Brantley

Where Brantley comes from

Anglicized from Alemannic German Brändle, Brändli, "firebrand."
— Wiktionary's entry for Brantley
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1805
    Brantley York born
    President of Duke University
  2. 1893
    First appearance
    #1,035 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1985
    Brantley Gilbert born
    American country music singer
  4. 2013
    Peak, #119
    3,193 babies named Brantley — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #233.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Brantley Gilbert · American country music singer, born 1985
  • Brantley York · President of Duke University, 1805–1891

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.