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 | ||
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| 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 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
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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.
Where Brenton is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#455 · 1 in 2,701
- South Carolina#469 · 1 in 2,614
- Arkansas#512 · 1 in 2,855
- Alabama#572 · 1 in 3,700
- Florida#588 · 1 in 3,998
Best ever in a state: #73 in Wyoming, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #455 | 20 | 1 in 2,701 |
| South Carolina | #469 | 8 | 1 in 2,614 |
| Arkansas | #512 | 5 | 1 in 2,855 |
| Alabama | #572 | 6 | 1 in 3,700 |
| Florida | #588 | 23 | 1 in 3,998 |
| Kentucky | #593 | 5 | 1 in 4,436 |
| North Carolina | #595 | 12 | 1 in 4,213 |
| Indiana | #597 | 9 | 1 in 3,964 |
| Louisiana | #627 | 7 | 1 in 3,455 |
| Pennsylvania | #730 | 10 | 1 in 6,023 |
| Maryland | #765 | 5 | 1 in 5,548 |
| Tennessee | #767 | 6 | 1 in 5,965 |
| Missouri | #789 | 5 | 1 in 6,351 |
| Ohio | #938 | 7 | 1 in 8,537 |
| Illinois | #960 | 8 | 1 in 8,315 |
| Texas | #1,099 | 16 | 1 in 11,103 |
| California | #1,231 | 15 | 1 in 15,366 |
| New York | #1,331 | 8 | 1 in 13,038 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 8,357 of them was named Brenton, which outranked 93.6% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #905Salvatore229
- #908Mustafa228
- #909Brenton227
- #909Blaise227
- #909Cale227
- #909Clinton227
- #916Dario226
- #916Jabari226
- #916Lucca226
Tied with 6 names at #909; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.