Brantley
Boy
Brantley is a boys' name, meaning “firebrand”. In 2025 it ranked 499th for boys in the US (606 babies).
What does Brantley mean?
“firebrand”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Brantley a girl's or a boy's name?
Brantley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 606 boys in the US.
How popular is Brantley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #499among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 606about 1 in 2,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 606 boys in the US were named Brantley, making it the 499th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 233rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 3,353 boys. It first appears in the records in 1893. 8 girls were also named Brantley in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Brantley than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Brantley in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brantley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 606 | #499 |
| 2024 | 643 | #479 |
| 2023 | 889 | #365 |
| 2022 | 1,070 | #313 |
| 2021 | 1,303 | #268 |
| 2020 | 1,580 | #233 |
| 2019 | 1,668 | #225 |
| 2018 | 2,107 | #192 |
| 2017 | 2,338 | #168 |
| 2016 | 2,614 | #156 |
| 2015 | 3,307 | #122 |
| 2014 | 3,353 | #121 |
| 2013 | 3,193 | #119 |
| 2012 | 2,588 | #158 |
| 2011 | 991 | #320 |
| 2010 | 311 | #735 |
| 2009 | 137 | #1,278 |
| 2008 | 99 | #1,594 |
| 2007 | 99 | #1,576 |
| 2006 | 94 | #1,562 |
| 2005 | 94 | #1,512 |
| 2004 | 76 | #1,684 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,408 |
| 2002 | 67 | #1,720 |
| 2001 | 86 | #1,437 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,425 |
| 1999 | 72 | #1,542 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,472 |
| 1997 | 85 | #1,323 |
| 1996 | 66 | #1,514 |
| 1995 | 64 | #1,486 |
| 1994 | 73 | #1,358 |
| 1993 | 67 | #1,415 |
| 1992 | 56 | #1,567 |
| 1991 | 62 | #1,437 |
| 1990 | 63 | #1,404 |
| 1989 | 87 | #1,136 |
| 1988 | 96 | #986 |
| 1987 | 44 | #1,585 |
| 1986 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1985 | 36 | #1,697 |
| 1984 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 36 | #1,570 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,823 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,817 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,477 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,855 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,181 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 13 | #1,983 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
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