Brantly
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRANT-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Brantly is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Brantly mean?
English: spelling of Brantlee, itself a spelling of Brantley, a surname
A spelling of Brantley, an English surname of uncertain origin.
Meaning borrowed from Brantlee.
Is Brantly a girl's or a boy's name?
Brantly is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brantly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Brantly, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 103 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Brantly in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brantly in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,189 |
| 2014 | 82 | #1,812 |
| 2013 | 103 | #1,540 |
| 2012 | 91 | #1,675 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Brantly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Brayden Deacon Rowdy Cannon Kayden Declan Bridger Keegan Finnegan Finn Aiden
Names related to Brantly
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
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, “Brantly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brantly, updated 20 October 2026.