How Many People Are Named Brentley?
people named Brentley are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 76,530 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,548 babies named Brentley in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
436 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Brentley, 6.8% were girls and 93.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 8.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brentley alive today is about 13 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brentley first appears in the records in 1957 and was given most often in 2014, to 436 babies. In 2025, 85 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brentley has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #637, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #2,009.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,009 |
| Best rank | #637 (2014) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #812 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brentley alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brentley were born in Texas than in any other state: about 246 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brentley was given 6.5 times as often in West Virginia, 5 times in Kentucky and 4.2 times in Arkansas.
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