Brenton
Last seen for girls in 1988 at #11,798 · #2,091 for boys in 2025, 70 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 799 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,099since 1912
Brenton over time
Rank among boys' names. Brenton has never cracked the top 200 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 | — | #2,091 | 70 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,957 | 80 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,668 | 102 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,892 | 83 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,884 | 81 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,673 | 95 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,251 | 150 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,202 | 156 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,186 | 157 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,141 | 169 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,119 | 171 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,022 | 199 | |
| 2013 | — | #988 | 201 | |
| 2012 | — | #909 | 227 | |
| 2011 | — | #898 | 228 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,019 | 190 | |
| 2009 | — | #896 | 232 | |
| 2008 | — | #979 | 203 | |
| 2007 | — | #994 | 196 | |
| 2006 | — | #948 | 196 | |
| 2005 | — | #935 | 187 | |
| 2004 | — | #877 | 198 | |
| 2003 | — | #836 | 208 | |
| 2002 | — | #837 | 199 | |
| 2001 | — | #796 | 211 | |
| 2000 | — | #715 | 244 | |
| 1999 | — | #663 | 261 | |
| 1998 | — | #677 | 252 | |
| 1997 | — | #624 | 276 | |
| 1996 | — | #572 | 318 | |
| 1995 | — | #596 | 299 | |
| 1994 | — | #576 | 320 | |
| 1993 | — | #562 | 330 | |
| 1992 | — | #541 | 353 | |
| 1991 | — | #518 | 369 | |
| 1990 | — | #469 | 444 | |
| 1989 | — | #445 | 447 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #394 | 502 |
| 1987 | — | #382 | 503 | |
| 1986 | — | #330 | 601 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #328 | 603 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #260 | 799 |
| 1983 | — | #527 | 250 | |
| 1982 | — | #534 | 255 | |
| 1981 | — | #628 | 186 | |
| 1980 | — | #634 | 189 | |
| 1979 | — | #633 | 184 | |
| 1978 | — | #726 | 134 | |
| 1977 | — | #636 | 177 | |
| 1976 | — | #700 | 140 | |
| 1975 | — | #684 | 145 | |
| 1974 | — | #668 | 147 | |
| 1973 | — | #605 | 171 | |
| 1972 | — | #641 | 153 | |
| 1971 | — | #630 | 173 | |
| 1970 | — | #596 | 184 | |
| 1969 | — | #656 | 144 | |
| 1968 | — | #609 | 156 | |
| 1967 | — | #802 | 82 | |
| 1966 | — | #901 | 64 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,106 | 45 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,035 | 53 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,037 | 53 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,172 | 44 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,222 | 42 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,273 | 38 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,212 | 41 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,277 | 36 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,300 | 36 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,608 | 24 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,682 | 21 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,292 | 34 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,331 | 32 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,582 | 23 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,407 | 28 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,203 | 36 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,110 | 40 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,218 | 12 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,482 | 25 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,409 | 25 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,445 | 21 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,683 | 17 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,833 | 16 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,585 | 20 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,759 | 16 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,397 | 23 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,795 | 15 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,452 | 11 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,313 | 13 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | #2,632 | 11 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,231 | 14 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
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| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Brenton! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Brenton
- 134 spots since 2024 (#1,957 → #2,091)
- 418 spots since 2020 (#1,673 → #2,091)
- 972 spots since 2015 (#1,119 → #2,091)
- Biggest jump: 267 spots in 1984 (#527 → #260)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 2010 (#896 → #1,019)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1984 at #260 (799 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1966–2009
- Highest: 1 in 2,259 boys born in 1984 were named Brenton (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,401 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.7% of all boys named Brenton (4,335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 | #2,045 (1912) | #2,769 |
| 1920s | 98 | #2,229 (1924) | #2,675 |
| 1930s | 116 | #1,639 (1936) | #2,272 |
| 1940s | 215 | #1,110 (1949) | #1,592 |
| 1950s | 311 | #1,203 (1950) | #1,389 |
| 1960s | 721 | #609 (1968) | #981 |
| 1970s | 1,608 | #596 (1970) | #652 |
| 1980s | 4,335 | #260 (1984) | #446 |
| 1990s | 3,222 | #469 (1990) | #580 |
| 2000s | 2,074 | #715 (2000) | #881 |
| 2010s | 1,848 | #898 (2011) | #1,074 |
| 2020s | 511 | #1,668 (2023) | #1,861 |
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.
Brenton in 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 240,545 of them was named Brenton, which outranked 33.1% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,398Zana8
- #7,398Zarah8
- #7,398Zenovia8
- #8,153Brenton7
- #8,153Abegail7
- #8,153Abeni7
- #8,153Achel7
- #9,144Abi6
- #9,144Addison6
- #9,144Adea6
Tied with 990 names at #8,153; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 2,259 of them was named Brenton, which outranked 96.5% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).