How rare is the name Brent?

119,140 people in the United States have the first name Brent, about 1 in 2,535. It ranks #474 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRENT

#474

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
119,140
About
1 in 2,535
This common or more
57.5%
Who bears it

Of the 119,140 people named Brent, 88.5% reported their origin as White, 4.3% as Black and 2.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Brent peaked in 1970, when 4,300 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
1970
Births that year
4,300
In 2025*
116 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 140,366 babies have been given the name since 1885. 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.

Brent by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #173. The largest share of babies named Brent, 38.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#3,9395
1910s#3,874111
1920s#3,492199
1930s#1,509694
1940s#6474,390
1950s#40714,375
1960s#26627,242
1970s#17335,590
1980s#19531,491
1990s#37616,645
2000s#8986,303
2010s#1,8772,536
2020s#2,974780
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–451.8%
Baby boom 1946–6421.3%
Generation X 1965–8038.1%
Millennials 1981–9629.3%
Generation Z 1997–127.7%
2013 and later1.7%

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 Brent is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brent has been most common in Utah (4.4×), Idaho (3.3×), and North Dakota (2.6×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.34×).

136,880 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 Brent

#472 Destiny · 119,198#473 Nora · 119,144#475 Melinda · 118,796#476 Gabrielle · 118,795

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,778 Brant · 8,396#24,534 Brend · 392#30,089 Brentt · 291#33,205 Brendt · 250#44,236 Brint · 157

Also a last name

As a last name, Brent ranks #4,732 of 156,621, with 7,256 people. See Brent as a last name

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