Brently Boy
How popular is Brently?
#5,044 boy name in 2025
19 baby boys were named Brently in the US in 2025, making it the 5044th most popular boy name.
Brently popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,044 for boys (▼ 158 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 19 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-80% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,677 in 2015, #3,200 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (121 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,396 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1960 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brently counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brentley family of names ranked #1,354 for boys in 2025 (#1,238 the year before), with 111 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Brently is most popular
Babies named Brently per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Brently by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96 | #2,034 |
| 1970s | 98 | #2,620 |
| 1980s | 127 | #2,286 |
| 1990s | 109 | #3,303 |
| 2000s | 102 | #5,551 |
| 2010s | 731 | #1,396 |
| 2020s | 161 | #3,200 |
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Questions
- Is Brently a boy or girl name?
- Brently is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Brently were boys.
- How popular is the name Brently?
- 19 baby boys were named Brently in the US in 2025, making it the 5044th most popular boy name.
- When was Brently most popular?
- Brently peaked in 2014, when 121 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,396 in 2014.
- How many people are named Brently?
- 1,442 babies have been named Brently in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,399 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Brently most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brently was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.