# Brentley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/brentley/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,548 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,244 / 304 (7% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Possibly an invented name. Compare Brent, Brantley.

## 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 | 14 | 8,275 |
| 2012 | 23 | 5,740 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,212 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,650 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,046 |
| 2016 | 17 | 6,958 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,363 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,702 |
| 2019 | 20 | 6,016 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,406 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8,108 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,626 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,712 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,674 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,558 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 154 | 1,159 |
| 2012 | 304 | 751 |
| 2013 | 372 | 653 |
| 2014 | 413 | 637 |
| 2015 | 411 | 642 |
| 2016 | 326 | 748 |
| 2017 | 278 | 815 |
| 2018 | 238 | 906 |
| 2019 | 224 | 956 |
| 2020 | 181 | 1,095 |
| 2021 | 152 | 1,256 |
| 2022 | 119 | 1,518 |
| 2023 | 128 | 1,423 |
| 2024 | 92 | 1,779 |
| 2025 | 75 | 2,009 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |

## 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.