How Many People Are Named Brenton?
people named Brenton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 24,437 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,117 babies named Brenton in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
806 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from an English place name which meant "Bryni's town". Bryni was Old English name meaning "fire".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Brenton (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Brenton alive today is about 33 years old, and 57% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 21 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Brenton first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1984, to 806 babies. In 2025, 70 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Brenton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #260, in 1984. In 2025 it ranked #2,096.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,096 |
| Best rank | #260 (1984) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #413 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Brenton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Brenton were born in California than in any other state: about 1,156 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Brenton was given 2.4 times as often in Georgia, 2.1 times in Kansas and 1.9 times in Alabama.
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