girls:
786 births since 1971
#4930 (14th percentile)
boys:
30.4k births since 1893
#663 (86th percentile)
overall:
31.1k births since 1893
#1441 (81st percentile)
The name Brantley is the #1,441 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 31,143 recorded births since 1893. This represents the 81.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 81.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #663 (85.6% percentile) for all time with 30,357 births since 1893. For girls, it ranks #4,930 (13.7% percentile) for all time with 786 births since 1971.
Brantley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1893 (1893 for boys and 1971 for girls). Birth data for Brantley is available in 114 out of the 131 years between 1893 and 2023 (114 years for boys and 45 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Brantley has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Brantley reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 86.9% percentile (ranked #119) with 1,636 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 1,636 births per million (ranked 86.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Brantley ranks #343 for boys (62.4% percentile) with 483 births per million, which is 29.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Brantley reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #910) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Brantley ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 44.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brantley".
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