Brently
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRENT-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Brently is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Brently mean?
Modern: elaboration of Brent with -ly
Built on Brent, an English surname from places named after a hill.
Is Brently a girl's or a boy's name?
Brently is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brently in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Brently, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 121 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
2025 had fewer boys named Brently than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Brently in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 111 boys in the US were given Brently or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,393, up from #5,044 for this spelling alone.
Brently in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2017 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2016 | 76 | #1,921 |
| 2015 | 93 | #1,677 |
| 2014 | 121 | #1,396 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,444 |
| 2012 | 108 | #1,490 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
Nicknames for Brently
- Brent 5 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Brently
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Brayden Kayden Brecken Braylen Rowdy Declan Keegan Finn Ronan Deacon Kody
Other spellings of Brently
Names related to Brently
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, “Brently: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brently, updated 20 October 2026.