Boys' name · since 1984
Brentton
182 babies named Brentton in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,524 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 182
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brentton is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 182 have been recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brentton has been recorded 182 times among boys since 1984, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2011.
- #13,524 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 182 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Brentton ranks #13,524 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 182 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,524 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 182
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Brentton's 182 recorded births place it above 70.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Brentton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Brentton splits its recorded history at 1996: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Brentton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2011
- Peak year (1985)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Brentton by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (75 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Brentton's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Brentton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
75 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 75 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Brentton's decade-level peak was the 1990s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Brentton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~27 yrs)
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, 1984–2011 (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 Brentton 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.