Brenton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BREN-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,091 for boys
Brenton is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,091st for boys in the US (70 babies).
Where does Brenton come from?
English: English place name and surname
More on Wiktionary.
Is Brenton a girl's or a boy's name?
Brenton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brenton in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 7 boys.
Brenton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 2 | #6,340 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Brenton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,091st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 70 about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 70 boys in the US were named Brenton, making it the 2,091st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,673rd. Its busiest year was 1984, with 799 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had fewer boys named Brenton than any year since 1966.
Half of all the boys named Brenton in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brenton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,091 |
| 2024 | 80 | #1,957 |
| 2023 | 102 | #1,668 |
| 2022 | 83 | #1,891 |
| 2021 | 81 | #1,883 |
| 2020 | 95 | #1,673 |
| 2019 | 150 | #1,251 |
| 2018 | 156 | #1,202 |
| 2017 | 157 | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 169 | #1,141 |
| 2015 | 171 | #1,119 |
| 2014 | 199 | #1,022 |
| 2013 | 201 | #988 |
| 2012 | 227 | #909 |
| 2011 | 228 | #898 |
| 2010 | 190 | #1,019 |
| 2009 | 232 | #896 |
| 2008 | 203 | #979 |
| 2007 | 196 | #994 |
| 2006 | 196 | #948 |
| 2005 | 187 | #935 |
| 2004 | 198 | #876 |
| 2003 | 208 | #835 |
| 2002 | 199 | #836 |
| 2001 | 211 | #795 |
| 2000 | 244 | #714 |
| 1999 | 261 | #661 |
| 1998 | 252 | #677 |
| 1997 | 276 | #624 |
| 1996 | 318 | #572 |
| 1995 | 299 | #595 |
| 1994 | 320 | #575 |
| 1993 | 330 | #561 |
| 1992 | 353 | #541 |
| 1991 | 369 | #518 |
| 1990 | 444 | #468 |
| 1989 | 447 | #445 |
| 1988 | 502 | #394 |
| 1987 | 503 | #382 |
| 1986 | 601 | #330 |
| 1985 | 603 | #328 |
| 1984 | 799 | #260 |
| 1983 | 250 | #527 |
| 1982 | 255 | #534 |
| 1981 | 186 | #628 |
| 1980 | 189 | #634 |
| 1979 | 184 | #633 |
| 1978 | 134 | #726 |
| 1977 | 177 | #636 |
| 1976 | 140 | #700 |
| 1975 | 145 | #684 |
| 1974 | 147 | #668 |
| 1973 | 171 | #605 |
| 1972 | 153 | #641 |
| 1971 | 173 | #630 |
| 1970 | 184 | #596 |
| 1969 | 144 | #656 |
| 1968 | 156 | #609 |
| 1967 | 82 | #802 |
| 1966 | 64 | #901 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,106 |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,035 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,036 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,221 |
| 1960 | 38 | #1,272 |
| 1959 | 41 | #1,211 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,276 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,299 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,607 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,291 |
| 1953 | 32 | #1,330 |
| 1952 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,406 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,202 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,109 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,408 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,444 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,585 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,901 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
Nicknames for Brenton
- Brent 5 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Brenton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ryan, Aaron, Mason, Jason, Brandon, Dylan, Grayson, Bradley, Blake, Cameron, Nathan, Ethan
Names related to Brenton
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Brenton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brenton, updated 20 October 2026.