How rare is the name Brant?

8,396 people in the United States have the first name Brant, about 1 in 35,973. It ranks #2,778 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRANT

#2,778

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,396
About
1 in 35,973
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,396 people named Brant, 89.2% reported their origin as White, 3% as Black and 2.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Brant peaked in 1970, when 241 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182025
Peak year
1970
Births that year
241
In 2025*
35 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,579 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Brant by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,297. The largest share of babies named Brant, 29.7%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#8,62035
1930s#5,41277
1940s#3,672174
1950s#2,172602
1960s#1,7721,037
1970s#1,2972,039
1980s#1,5451,795
1990s#2,1161,445
2000s#2,7581,307
2010s#4,035822
2020s#6,537241
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–451.7%
Baby boom 1946–6411.6%
Generation X 1965–8029.7%
Millennials 1981–9626.9%
Generation Z 1997–1221.8%
2013 and later8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Brant is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brant has been most common in Louisiana (3.5×), Iowa (2.7×), and Indiana (2.7×), and least common in Virginia (0.27×).

5,286 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Brant

#2,776 Zuri · 8,403#2,777 Rosendo · 8,397#2,779 Shanice · 8,381#2,780 Azucena · 8,376

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brant, most common first.

#474 Brent · 119,140#1,096 Bryant · 37,663#3,782 Brandt · 5,245#13,400 Briant · 903#19,790 Brand · 530#44,236 Brint · 157

Also a last name

As a last name, Brant ranks #3,598 of 156,621, with 9,646 people. See Brant as a last name

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