Brantley

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #499 for boys in 2025, 606 births
Given to boys 97.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2013 · 3,193 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
31,634
since 1893

Brantley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Brantley has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #119, 2013boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178#499606
2024#12,1617#479643
2023#5,54922#365889
2022#5,79321#3131,070
2021#9,56210#2681,303
2020#6,62917#2331,580
2019#7,71614#2251,668
2018#5,45423#1922,107
2017#4,92227#1682,338
2016#4,42332#1562,614
2015#3,05955#1223,307
2014#3,42546#1213,353
2013#3,70341#1193,193
2012#3,36448#1582,588
2011#5,06327#320991
2010#4,97428#735311
2009#8,05815#1,278137
2008#7,07318#1,59499
2007#9,00713#1,57699
2006#5,90622#1,56294
2005#5,11325#1,51494
2004#7,82814#1,68776
2003#7,20715#1,41094
2002#6,39217#1,72367
2001#7,72413#1,44186
2000#4,79124#1,42986
1999#5,89617#1,54572
1998#6,36015#1,47575
1997#5,01020#1,32685
1996#8,8129#1,51766
1995#8,07910#1,49164
1994#5,71316#1,36273
1993#11,7806#1,42067
1992#9,4918#1,57256
1991#1,44362
1990#6,86712#1,40963
1989#1,14087
1988#98796
1987#1,58744
1986#7,7498#1,61740
1985#7,5638#1,69836
1984#6,8109#1,65635
1983#9,0156#2,01726
1982#6,37110#1,59638
1981#9,1106#1,89929
1980#6,7899#1,59337
1979#1,67034
1978#6,9488#1,57036
1977#9,6525#1,82328
1976#8,1566#2,70915
1975#7,9846#1,65830
1974#1,58231
1973#1,81724
1972#1,81924
1971#8,3245#1,86223
1970#1,79424
1969#1,72823
1968#1,47828
1967#2,9858
1966#2,21613
1965#1,72021
1964#2,11415
1963#1,90218
1962#2,03516
1961#2,07016
1960#1,85819
1959#2,03316
1958#1,59324
1957#1,83719
1956#2,7989
1955#2,7649
1954#2,59210
1953#2,53110
1952#1,85617
1951#2,24612
1950#1,94115
1949#2,22512
1948#1,75818
1947#2,07614
1946#2,5349
1945#2,24210
1944#2,30910
1943#2,18212
1942#2,5239
1941#2,08312
1940#1,98313
1939#2,15911
1938#2,32610
1937#2,33210
1936#1,80115
1935#1,92914
1934#2,7428
1933#1,90514
1932#3,3616
1931#2,47110
1930#2,44411
1929#2,7669
1928#4,1515
1927#2,70310
1926#1,98116
1925#2,31313
1924#3,5057
1923#2,33113
1922#3,5327
1921#2,9869
1920#2,76510
1919#3,1158
1918#2,39812
1917#3,9815
1916#2,9268
1915#2,31011
1914#2,6517
1913
1912#1,7469
1911
1910#1,4216
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894#1,0745
1893#1,0355
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1893

The first year at least five boys were named Brantley! It came in at #1,035, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Brantley
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 20 spots since 2024 (#479#499)
  • 266 spots since 2020 (#233#499)
  • 377 spots since 2015 (#122#499)
  • Biggest jump: 600 spots in 1988 (#1,587#987)
  • Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1989 (#987#1,140)
Rise & fade · boys
120 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 2013 at #119 (3,193 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2010–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 573
  • Highest: 1 in 573 boys born in 2014 were named Brantley (0.17%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,819 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #119 in 2013, was only 1 in 592 (0.17%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 71.0% of all boys named Brantley (22,470) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s10#1,035 (1893)#1,055
1900s0
1910s66#1,421 (1910)#2,569
1920s99#1,981 (1926)#2,903
1930s109#1,801 (1936)#2,347
1940s119#1,758 (1948)#2,192
1950s141#1,593 (1958)#2,219
1960s177#1,478 (1968)#2,011
1970s269#1,570 (1978)#1,830
1980s468#987 (1988)#1,579
1990s683#1,326 (1997)#1,456
2000s932#1,278 (2009)#1,521
2010s22,470#119 (2013)#232
2020s6,091#233 (2020)#360

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Brantley in 1986

girls
#7,749
8 births · 1 in 214,443 girls
boys
#1,617
40 births · 1 in 46,038 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #7,749Brantley8

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #1,617Brantley40
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 214,443 of them was named Brantley, which outranked 39.6% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brantley
  1. #7,134Zeinab9
  2. #7,134Zelma9
  3. #7,134Zora9
  4. #7,749Brantley8
  5. #7,749Aamber8
  6. #7,749Abbigayle8
  7. #7,749Abigael8
  8. #8,523Aaisha7
  9. #8,523Abagael7
  10. #8,523Abbygail7

Tied with 773 names at #7,749; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 9,719Kyrie#10,677#958
  2. 4,778Sable#5,678#900
  3. 2,034Eliana#2,484#450
  4. 1,497Shatara#2,484#987
  5. 1,374Cherrelle#2,253#879
Fallers
  1. 442Violeta#963#1,405
  2. 361Micaela#545#906
  3. 361Tasia#572#933
  4. 324Jo#925#1,249
  5. 306Tammie#987#1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 46,038 of them was named Brantley, which outranked 79.3% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Brantley
  1. #1,588Vijay41
  2. #1,588Vu41
  3. #1,588Wardell41
  4. #1,617Brantley40
  5. #1,617Ambrose40
  6. #1,617Christophe40
  7. #1,617Clement40
  8. #1,645Adolph39
  9. #1,645Anwar39
  10. #1,645Augustus39

Tied with 27 names at #1,617; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 1,279Spenser#2,226#947
  2. 920Jayce#1,614#694
  3. 714Addison#1,228#514
  4. 649Payton#1,614#965
  5. 573Cordell#1,181#608
Fallers
  1. 409Ulises#877#1,286
  2. 365Eliot#934#1,299
  3. 322Jordy#998#1,320
  4. 313Trace#956#1,269
  5. 292Kennith#963#1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986