Brant
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRANT
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Brant is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Brant mean?
English: English surname, possibly from the Old Norse name Brandr
Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea), the 18th-century Mohawk leader, fought alongside the British in the American Revolution.
Is Brant a girl's or a boy's name?
Brant is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brant in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Brant, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,466th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 241 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Brant in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 65 boys in the US were given Brant or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,889, up from #3,313 for this spelling alone.
- Brant 35
- Brandt 30
Brant in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,731 |
| 2020 | 52 | #2,466 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,338 |
| 2018 | 72 | #2,016 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,065 |
| 2016 | 80 | #1,863 |
| 2015 | 81 | #1,826 |
| 2014 | 85 | #1,766 |
| 2013 | 84 | #1,732 |
| 2012 | 103 | #1,545 |
| 2011 | 97 | #1,587 |
| 2010 | 95 | #1,639 |
| 2009 | 101 | #1,588 |
| 2008 | 106 | #1,523 |
| 2007 | 123 | #1,359 |
| 2006 | 117 | #1,374 |
| 2005 | 116 | #1,306 |
| 2004 | 158 | #1,033 |
| 2003 | 149 | #1,044 |
| 2002 | 125 | #1,138 |
| 2001 | 162 | #949 |
| 2000 | 150 | #984 |
| 1999 | 179 | #842 |
| 1998 | 165 | #877 |
| 1997 | 144 | #935 |
| 1996 | 134 | #958 |
| 1995 | 108 | #1,087 |
| 1994 | 142 | #914 |
| 1993 | 148 | #872 |
| 1992 | 130 | #933 |
| 1991 | 122 | #958 |
| 1990 | 173 | #769 |
| 1989 | 165 | #769 |
| 1988 | 181 | #695 |
| 1987 | 158 | #726 |
| 1986 | 181 | #667 |
| 1985 | 160 | #696 |
| 1984 | 172 | #657 |
| 1983 | 203 | #601 |
| 1982 | 197 | #616 |
| 1981 | 200 | #603 |
| 1980 | 173 | #659 |
| 1979 | 202 | #604 |
| 1978 | 228 | #550 |
| 1977 | 190 | #608 |
| 1976 | 189 | #591 |
| 1975 | 210 | #557 |
| 1974 | 176 | #603 |
| 1973 | 158 | #629 |
| 1972 | 221 | #535 |
| 1971 | 219 | #542 |
| 1970 | 241 | #518 |
| 1969 | 167 | #606 |
| 1968 | 147 | #622 |
| 1967 | 127 | #662 |
| 1966 | 112 | #698 |
| 1965 | 84 | #808 |
| 1964 | 83 | #831 |
| 1963 | 109 | #740 |
| 1962 | 85 | #821 |
| 1961 | 54 | #1,058 |
| 1960 | 69 | #910 |
| 1959 | 58 | #1,011 |
| 1958 | 60 | #977 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,089 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,007 |
| 1955 | 59 | #975 |
| 1954 | 69 | #886 |
| 1953 | 71 | #851 |
| 1952 | 63 | #882 |
| 1951 | 61 | #901 |
| 1950 | 57 | #903 |
| 1949 | 41 | #1,096 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,459 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,732 |
| 1946 | 21 | #1,556 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,763 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Names like Brant
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bradley Blake Bryan Brennan Ryan Kevin Bryce Brett Brady Brody Sean Colt
Other spellings of Brant
Names related to Brant
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Brant: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brant, updated 20 October 2026.