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Brent

Gender
Boy
UK rank, 2025
#3,747 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,509 for boys

Brent is a boys' name, meaning “steep”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,509th for boys in the US (116 babies).

What does Brent mean?

“steep”

A male given name transferred from the surname, of 20th century and later usage.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Brent a girl's or a boy's name?

Brent is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 116 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Brent in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,747among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Brent, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 32 boys.

Half of all the boys named Brent in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 32 in 19982025
Brent in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20240–
20232#6,493
20225#3,639
20210–
20203#4,803
20191#6,258
20185#3,596
20173#4,995
20163#5,015
20153#4,955
20140–
20134#4,008
20128#2,595
20116#3,038
20106#3,092
200911#1,959
20084#3,836
200711#1,848
20066#2,645
200520#1,133
20047#2,157
20038#1,880
200211#1,384
200116#1,054
200024#785
199919#900
199832#620
199723#760
199618#852

How popular is Brent in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,509among boys
Babies in 2025
116about 1 in 15,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 116 boys in the US were named Brent, making it the 1,509th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,262nd. Its busiest year was 1970, with 4,269 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.

Half of all the boys named Brent in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.

1885Busiest: 4,269 in 19702025
Brent in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025116#1,509
2024102#1,650
2023125#1,449
2022138#1,353
2021154#1,240
2020145#1,262
2019182#1,094
2018163#1,175
2017201#1,007
2016211#973
2015254#873
2014263#849
2013289#777
2012318#731
2011287#782
2010368#655
2009399#626
2008471#559
2007522#505
2006544#485
2005562#454
2004646#404
2003685#382
2002727#362
2001847#330
2000900#319
19991,055#279
19981,202#249
19971,254#241
19961,337#226
19951,586#194
19941,630#188
19931,801#178
19921,958#160
19912,193#146
19902,608#127
19892,748#118
19882,869#107
19872,835#103
19863,061#94
19853,321#89
19843,186#89
19833,030#94
19823,321#91
19813,371#88
19803,537#84
19793,455#84
19783,181#87
19773,423#85
19763,405#78
19753,364#79
19743,413#76
19733,287#80
19723,530#77
19714,053#73
19704,269#74
19693,355#92
19682,919#102
19672,861#108
19662,689#114
19652,408#131
19642,745#125
19632,815#125
19622,558#139
19612,553#137
19602,261#154
19592,280#151
19582,072#159
19571,779#174
19561,457#191
19551,382#193
19541,232#202
19531,202#201
19521,081#205
1951942#211
1950908#212
1949738#240
1948645#256
1947669#257
1946506#287
1945269#362
1944315#336
1943350#328
1942315#343
1941289#340
1940288#336
1939185#418
1938114#544
193791#609
193665#747
193551#881
193445#942
193346#926
193232#1,198
193136#1,128
193029#1,330
192924#1,480
192819#1,760
192726#1,468
192621#1,661
192519#1,805
192418#1,894
192315#2,122
192214#2,239
192121#1,703
192022#1,642
191921#1,623
191819#1,766
191717#1,814
191618#1,697
191517#1,706
19140–
19136#2,495
19128#1,884
19110–
19105#1,588
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18965#1,100
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18890–
18880–
18870–
18860–
18855#935

Names like Brent

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ryan Bradley Brian Kevin Daniel Bryn Billy Michael David Cody Sean Blair

Names related to Brent

Brant

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Brent: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brent, updated 20 October 2026.