Brenton — #1954 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Brenton

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,028 babies named Brenton between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Brenton currently holds the #1954 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 799 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Brenton performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 4,336 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Brenton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,229 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Brenton in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Brenton 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 15,028 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.