Brentlee
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- BRENT-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Brentlee is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Brentlee mean?
Modern: spelling of Brently; elaboration of Brent with -ly
Built on Brent, an English surname from places named after a hill.
Meaning borrowed from Brently.
Is Brentlee a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Brentlee has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 17 boys in the US.
How popular is Brentlee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Brentlee, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 87 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990. 5 girls were also named Brentlee in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Brentlee than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Brentlee in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 111 boys in the US were given Brentlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,393, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
In 2023, 20% of the babies named Brentlee in the US were girls.
Brentlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,212 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,281 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2016 | 77 | #1,903 |
| 2015 | 87 | #1,753 |
| 2014 | 85 | #1,766 |
| 2013 | 82 | #1,762 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,002 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
Nicknames for Brentlee
- Brent 5 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Brentlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Brecken, Braylen, Kyaire, Brayden, Rayden, Finnegan, Declan, Raiden, Finn, Cassian, Ronan
Other spellings of Brentlee
Names related to Brentlee
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Brentlee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brentlee, updated 20 October 2026.