girls:
18 births since 1984
#5698 (0th percentile)
boys:
14.9k births since 1912
#957 (79th percentile)
overall:
15k births since 1912
#2146 (72nd percentile)
The name Brenton is the #2,146 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 14,962 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 72.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #957 (79.1% percentile) for all time with 14,944 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,698 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 18 births since 1984.
Brenton first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 1984 for girls). Birth data for Brenton is available in 108 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (108 years for boys and 3 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 Brenton has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Brenton reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 63.6% percentile (ranked #251) with 426 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 426 births per million (ranked 63.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Brenton ranks #818 for boys (10.2% percentile) with 54 births per million, which is 12.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Brenton reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #786) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1988.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Brenton".
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