Brentley

Where Brentley comes from

Possibly an invented name. Compare Brent, Brantley.
— Wiktionary's entry for Brentley
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1957
    First appearance
    #3,993 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Brentley Gore born
    American actor and musician
  3. 2014
    Peak, #636
    413 babies named Brentley — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,095.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Brentley Gore · American actor and musician, born 1974

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.