girls:
284 births since 1989
#5432 (5th percentile)
boys:
4.1k births since 1957
#1923 (58th percentile)
overall:
4.4k births since 1957
#4148 (46th percentile)
The name Brentley is the #4,148 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,356 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 46.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,923 (58.1% percentile) for all time with 4,072 births since 1957. For girls, it ranks #5,432 (4.9% percentile) for all time with 284 births since 1989.
Brentley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for boys and 1989 for girls).
The name Brentley has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 90.1% of babies named Brentley were boys.
For boys, Brentley reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 39.6% percentile (ranked #546) with 202 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 202 births per million (ranked 39.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Brentley ranks #788 for boys (13.5% percentile) with 70 births per million, which is 34.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Brentley reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #919) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Brentley ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 67.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brentley".
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