How rare is the name Brenton?

11,836 people in the United States have the first name Brenton, about 1 in 25,518. It ranks #2,215 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BRENTON

#2,215

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,836
About
1 in 25,518
This common or more
79%
Who bears it

Of the 11,836 people named Brenton, 71.7% reported their origin as White, 17.4% as Black and 4.5% 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.

Brenton peaked in 1984, when 806 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
1984
Births that year
806
In 2025*
70 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 15,117 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Brenton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #890. The largest share of babies named Brenton, 43.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#6,46940
1920s#5,41198
1930s#4,323116
1940s#3,249215
1950s#3,112311
1960s#2,121721
1970s#1,4801,608
1980s#8904,353
1990s#1,2573,222
2000s#2,0032,074
2010s#2,3261,848
2020s#3,948511
Greatest Generation 1901–270.8%
Silent Generation 1928–451.7%
Baby boom 1946–644.3%
Generation X 1965–8015.1%
Millennials 1981–9643.6%
Generation Z 1997–1223.2%
2013 and later11.3%

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 Brenton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Brenton has been most common in Georgia (2.4×), Kansas (1.9×), and Florida (1.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.22×).

11,170 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 Brenton

#2,213 Evie · 11,863#2,214 Dewey · 11,845#2,216 Chelsie · 11,816#2,217 Annalise · 11,808

Spelled almost the same

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

#62 Brandon · 642,620#474 Brent · 119,140#617 Brendan · 85,406#1,492 Brenden · 22,501#1,727 Brendon · 17,654#10,688 Brently · 1,233#11,184 Brendyn · 1,161#15,129 Branton · 766

Also a last name

As a last name, Brenton ranks #16,702 of 156,621, with 1,665 people. See Brenton as a last name

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