Brenton
Brenton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 80 births. Its best rank was 260th, in 1984.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 800.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1984799 births
- Best rank
- #260in 1984
- Since 1912
- 15,028people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,028 boys have been named Brenton in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1984, with 799 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1980s alone account for 29%. It has spent 47 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Brenton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 40 | |
| 1920s | 98 | |
| 1930s | 116 | |
| 1940s | 215 | |
| 1950s | 311 | |
| 1960s | 721 | |
| 1970s | 1,608 | |
| 1980s | 4,336 | |
| 1990s | 3,222 | |
| 2000s | 2,073 | |
| 2010s | 1,848 | |
| 2020s | 440 |
In 1984, its biggest year
Brenton was the 260th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1984 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1984.
Names that rose and fell with Brenton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jonathanpeak 1988
- Randonpeak 1987
- Ramonepeak 1984
- Martelpeak 1991
- Jorypeak 1989
- Derrekpeak 1989
- Duranpeak 1984
- Demariopeak 1989
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.