first name
BRANTLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,527 people named Brantley, 90.8% reported their origin as White, 3.8% as two or more races and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Brantley peaked in 2014, when 3,399 babies got the name.
At least 32,435 babies have been given the name since 1893. 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.
Brantley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #328. The largest share of babies named Brantley, 77.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Brantley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brantley has been most common in Alabama (2.5×), Georgia (2.4×), and Kentucky (2.2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.13×).
29,861 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 Brantley
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Brantley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Brantley ranks #1,719 of 156,621, with 20,397 people. See Brantley as a last name
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