# Brantley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brantley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “firebrand.” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbræn.tli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 32,435 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31,634 / 801 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized from Alemannic German Brändle, Brändli, "firebrand."

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 5,088 |
| 2012 | 48 | 3,374 |
| 2013 | 41 | 3,720 |
| 2014 | 46 | 3,440 |
| 2015 | 55 | 3,066 |
| 2016 | 32 | 4,442 |
| 2017 | 27 | 4,946 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,484 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,808 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,679 |
| 2021 | 10 | 9,675 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5,817 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,585 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,386 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,111 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 991 | 320 |
| 2012 | 2,588 | 158 |
| 2013 | 3,193 | 119 |
| 2014 | 3,353 | 121 |
| 2015 | 3,307 | 122 |
| 2016 | 2,614 | 156 |
| 2017 | 2,338 | 168 |
| 2018 | 2,107 | 192 |
| 2019 | 1,668 | 225 |
| 2020 | 1,580 | 233 |
| 2021 | 1,303 | 268 |
| 2022 | 1,070 | 313 |
| 2023 | 889 | 365 |
| 2024 | 643 | 479 |
| 2025 | 606 | 499 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Brantley

- Charles Brantley Aycock, American politician (1859-1912)
- Brantley Gilbert, American country music singer (born 1985)
- Bob Burrow, American basketball player (1934–2019)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.