Brantley
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #499 for boys in 2025, 606 births
Given to boys 97.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2013 · 3,193 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 31,634since 1893
Brantley over time
Rank among boys' names. Brantley has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #499 | 606 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #479 | 643 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #365 | 889 |
| 2022 | #5,793 | 21 | #313 | 1,070 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #268 | 1,303 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #233 | 1,580 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #225 | 1,668 |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 | #192 | 2,107 |
| 2017 | #4,922 | 27 | #168 | 2,338 |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 | #156 | 2,614 |
| 2015 | #3,059 | 55 | #122 | 3,307 |
| 2014 | #3,425 | 46 | #121 | 3,353 |
| 2013 | #3,703 | 41 | #119 | 3,193 |
| 2012 | #3,364 | 48 | #158 | 2,588 |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 | #320 | 991 |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 | #735 | 311 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #1,278 | 137 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | #1,594 | 99 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #1,576 | 99 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #1,562 | 94 |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 | #1,514 | 94 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | #1,687 | 76 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #1,410 | 94 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #1,723 | 67 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #1,441 | 86 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | #1,429 | 86 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | #1,545 | 72 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 | #1,475 | 75 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 | #1,326 | 85 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #1,517 | 66 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #1,491 | 64 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #1,362 | 73 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #1,420 | 67 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #1,572 | 56 |
| 1991 | — | #1,443 | 62 | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #1,409 | 63 |
| 1989 | — | #1,140 | 87 | |
| 1988 | — | #987 | 96 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,587 | 44 | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #1,617 | 40 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #1,698 | 36 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #1,656 | 35 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #1,596 | 38 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #1,593 | 37 |
| 1979 | — | #1,670 | 34 | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #1,570 | 36 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #1,823 | 28 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #1,658 | 30 |
| 1974 | — | #1,582 | 31 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,817 | 24 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,819 | 24 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,862 | 23 |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,728 | 23 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,478 | 28 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,720 | 21 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,114 | 15 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,902 | 18 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,858 | 19 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,837 | 19 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,798 | 9 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,225 | 12 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,758 | 18 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,076 | 14 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,083 | 12 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,801 | 15 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,929 | 14 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,905 | 14 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,981 | 16 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,313 | 13 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,331 | 13 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
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| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 2013 at #119 (3,193 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2010–2025
- 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
- 71.0% of all boys named Brantley (22,470) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #1,035 (1893) | #1,055 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 66 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,569 |
| 1920s | 99 | #1,981 (1926) | #2,903 |
| 1930s | 109 | #1,801 (1936) | #2,347 |
| 1940s | 119 | #1,758 (1948) | #2,192 |
| 1950s | 141 | #1,593 (1958) | #2,219 |
| 1960s | 177 | #1,478 (1968) | #2,011 |
| 1970s | 269 | #1,570 (1978) | #1,830 |
| 1980s | 468 | #987 (1988) | #1,579 |
| 1990s | 683 | #1,326 (1997) | #1,456 |
| 2000s | 932 | #1,278 (2009) | #1,521 |
| 2010s | 22,470 | #119 (2013) | #232 |
| 2020s | 6,091 | #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 2022
Top girls' names in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
girls
1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 78,101 of them was named Brantley, which outranked 67.4% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,638Yeimi22
- #5,638Zelena22
- #5,638Zoraya22
- #5,793Brantley21
- #5,793Aadvika21
- #5,793Aariah21
- #5,793Adalida21
- #5,984Aasiyah20
- #5,984Addley20
- #5,984Adel20
Tied with 190 names at #5,793; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 1,632 of them was named Brantley, which outranked 97.8% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.