Brantley
Brantley was given to 606 boys in 2025, #499 among boys’ names; 32,435 Americans have been recorded with it since 1893 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 31,700 Americans named Brantley and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 8 and 13.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Brantley by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Brantley mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Brantley is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “firebrand.” (Brändli,).
Anglicized from Alemannic German Brändle, Brändli, “firebrand.”
/ˈbræn.tli/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Brantley?
#499 among boys’ names, 2025
Brantley fell from #122 in 2015 to #499 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 1.7 to 0.35 per 1,000.
3,399 babies in 2014, the peak
Brantley peaked in 2014, when 3,399 babies were given it (3,353 boys, #121 among boys’ names). The 614 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 18% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 606 | #499 | 0.35 |
| 2024 | 643 | #479 | 0.37 |
| 2023 | 889 | #365 | 0.52 |
| 2022 | 1,070 | #313 | 0.61 |
| 2021 | 1,303 | #268 | 0.74 |
| 2020 | 1,580 | #233 | 0.92 |
| 2019 | 1,668 | #225 | 0.93 |
| 2018 | 2,107 | #192 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 2,338 | #168 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 2,614 | #156 | 1.4 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,307 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 2014 | 3,353 | #121 | 1.7 |
| 2013 | 3,193 | #119 | 1.7 |
| 2012 | 2,588 | #158 | 1.4 |
| 2011 | 991 | #320 | 0.52 |
| 2010 | 311 | #736 | 0.16 |
| 2009 | 137 | #1,279 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 99 | #1,594 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 99 | #1,579 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 94 | #1,564 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 94 | #1,512 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 76 | #1,685 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,408 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 67 | #1,720 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 86 | #1,439 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,427 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 72 | #1,543 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,475 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 85 | #1,324 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 66 | #1,514 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 64 | #1,487 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 73 | #1,359 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 67 | #1,416 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 56 | #1,570 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 62 | #1,438 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 63 | #1,404 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 87 | #1,136 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 96 | #986 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 44 | #1,588 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 40 | #1,617 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 36 | #1,700 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 35 | #1,657 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,022 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,598 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,900 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 37 | #1,596 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,677 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 36 | #1,572 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,828 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,718 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,661 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,587 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,821 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,827 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,869 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,801 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,734 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,478 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 8 | #3,015 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,228 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,723 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,127 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,906 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,042 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,073 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,864 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,041 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,599 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,840 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,814 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,789 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,607 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,550 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,864 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,262 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,945 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,235 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,763 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,082 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,556 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,264 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,324 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,187 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,549 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,094 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,992 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,177 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,344 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,341 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,811 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,938 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,768 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,917 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,411 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,497 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,457 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,790 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,223 | under 0.01 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,718 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,991 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,323 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,533 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,346 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,569 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,008 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,793 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,140 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,413 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,056 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,957 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,321 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,681 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,762 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,438 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,055 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Brantley a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 32,435 Americans recorded as Brantley, 2% are girls and 98% boys. In 2025 it went to 8 girls and 606 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Brantley: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Brantley, and how old are they?
31,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 32,435 Americans ever recorded as Brantley. The median Brantley alive today is 11 years old; half are between 8 and 13.
The 2020 Census counted 22,527 people named Brantley (712 women and girls, 21,815 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 26,062 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 38 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 186 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 392 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 945 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,330 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 24,800 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Brantley born?
The states with the most babies named Brantley are Florida, Pennsylvania and Georgia, with 23% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 51 | #378 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 45 | #262 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 39 | #315 | 1.9× |
| Ohio | 30 | #365 | 1.6× |
| Texas | 28 | #894 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 26 | #417 | 1.7× |
| Kentucky | 24 | #227 | 2.4× |
| Virginia | 24 | #344 | 1.0× |
| Alabama | 23 | #238 | 2.7× |
| Michigan | 23 | #377 | 0.9× |
Where Brantley is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Brantley is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Brantley with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 35,892 babies since 1880, Brantley is the most given (90% of them). In 2025 it was given to 614 of their 657 babies (93%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Brantley
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Brantley and names like it
- Compare Brantley and BrantleeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sBrantley peaked in 2014.
- Florida’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Brantley since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Brantley: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Brantley.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Brantley alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with BMost given first.