Boys' name · since 1997

Brantson

54 babies named Brantson in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#21,618 of 45,481
all-time among boys
54
born since 1997
2010s
peak decade

54 boys have been named Brantson since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Brantson has 54 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2016.

  • #21,618 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 54 born since 1997
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brantson ranks #21,618 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.

#21,618 of 45,481
all-time among boys
54
born since 1997
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Brantson's 54 recorded births place it above 52.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Brantson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Brantson splits its recorded history at 2013: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Brantson popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2016

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2015)
10
Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
4681012 19972000200320052013201420152016 7

Brantson by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (31 births, 57% of the file).

2010s was Brantson's strongest decade.

31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.

Brantson births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 31 births (57% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Brantson? ▼
Brantson has been given to 54 babies in the U.S. since 1997, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #21,618 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2016. 10 babies were born in 2015, its single highest year.
Where does Brantson sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brantson ranks #21,618 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Brantson most popular? ▼
Brantson was most popular in the 2010s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Brantson been used? ▼
Records for Brantson go back to 1997, giving 20 years of history through 2016.
What names are similar to Brantson? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Brandon, Bradley, Brayden, Brady, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Brantson: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Brantson draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.