Brent — #1651 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Brent

The Social Security Administration has registered 139,687 babies named Brent between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brent currently holds the #1651 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 4,270 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brent performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 35,383 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Brent shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13,535 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Brent in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brent in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 139,687 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.