Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Brenton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Brenton” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Brenton” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Brenton” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Brenton” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Brenton” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Brenton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Brenton” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 -100%
1917 8 0.000003987 8 -100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 -100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 -100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 -100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 -100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 -100%
1926 10 0.000004356 10 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 -100%
1932 13 0.000006157 13 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 -100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1938 14 0.000006327 14 -100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 -100%
1940 23 0.000009988 23 -100%
1941 16 0.000006567 16 -100%
1942 20 0.000007321 20 -100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 -100%
1944 17 0.00000632 17 -100%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 -100%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 -100%
1947 25 0.00000694 25 -100%
1948 12 0.000003476 12 -100%
1949 40 0.000011478 40 -100%
1950 36 0.000010276 36 -100%
1951 28 0.000007601 28 -100%
1952 23 0.000006056 23 -100%
1953 32 0.000008304 32 -100%
1954 34 0.000008541 34 -100%
1955 21 0.00000523 21 -100%
1956 24 0.000005821 24 -100%
1957 36 0.000008567 36 -100%
1958 36 0.000008708 36 -100%
1959 41 0.000009861 41 -100%
1960 38 0.000009148 38 -100%
1961 42 0.000010139 42 -100%
1962 44 0.000010904 44 -100%
1963 53 0.00001339 53 -100%
1964 53 0.000013633 53 -100%
1965 45 0.000012412 45 -100%
1966 64 0.000018414 64 -100%
1967 82 0.000024154 82 -100%
1968 156 0.000046176 156 -100%
1969 144 0.000041435 144 -100%
1970 184 0.000051019 184 -100%
1971 173 0.000050403 173 -100%
1972 153 0.00004868 153 -100%
1973 171 0.000056681 171 -100%
1974 147 0.000048355 147 -100%
1975 145 0.000048023 145 -100%
1976 140 0.000046139 140 -100%
1977 177 0.000055722 177 -100%
1978 134 0.00004222 134 -100%
1979 184 0.000055305 184 -100%
1980 189 0.00005487 189 -100%
1981 186 0.000053767 186 -100%
1982 255 0.000072692 255 -100%
1983 250 0.000072185 250 -100%
1984 806 0.000231028 7 799 -98%
1985 609 0.000170631 6 603 -98%
1986 601 0.000168959 601 -100%
1987 503 0.000139505 503 -100%
1988 507 0.000137211 5 502 -98%
1989 448 0.000116532 448 -100%
1990 444 0.000112335 444 -100%
1991 369 0.00009473 369 -100%
1992 353 0.000091897 353 -100%
1993 330 0.000087527 330 -100%
1994 320 0.000086076 320 -100%
1995 299 0.000081646 299 -100%
1996 318 0.00008719 318 -100%
1997 276 0.000076122 276 -100%
1998 252 0.000068512 252 -100%
1999 261 0.000070658 261 -100%
2000 243 0.000064287 243 -100%
2001 211 0.000056366 211 -100%
2002 199 0.000053233 199 -100%
2003 208 0.000054703 208 -100%
2004 198 0.00005182 198 -100%
2005 187 0.000048637 187 -100%
2006 196 0.000049543 196 -100%
2007 196 0.000049028 196 -100%
2008 203 0.000051645 203 -100%
2009 232 0.00006073 232 -100%
2010 190 0.000051411 190 -100%
2011 228 0.000062333 228 -100%
2012 227 0.000062067 227 -100%
2013 201 0.000055134 201 -100%
2014 199 0.000053691 199 -100%
2015 171 0.000046205 171 -100%
2016 169 0.000046065 169 -100%
2017 157 0.000043901 157 -100%
2018 156 0.00004437 156 -100%
2019 150 0.000043216 150 -100%
2020 95 0.000028438 95 -100%
2021 81 0.000023908 81 -100%
2022 83 0.000024533 83 -100%
2023 101 0.000030503 101 -100%
2024 80 0.000024035 80 -100%

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