NameTides

Brantley

Brantley was the #499 boys' name in the US in 2025 (606 babies), and #859 in Canada.

Brantley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Brantley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Brantley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#499 (606)—#859 (30)
2024#479 (643)#5,120 (3)#697 (38)
2023#365 (889)—#854 (28)
2022#313 (1,070)#4,790 (3)#530 (52)
2021#268 (1,303)—#477 (61)
2020#233 (1,580)—#432 (67)
2019#225 (1,668)—#399 (76)
2018#192 (2,107)—#401 (74)
2017#168 (2,338)—#409 (74)
2016#156 (2,614)—#432 (69)
2015#122 (3,307)—#376 (82)
2014#121 (3,353)—#422 (71)
2013#119 (3,193)—#503 (55)
2012#158 (2,588)—#686 (35)
2011#320 (991)—#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #121.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1893.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Brantley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,200 to 1 in 4,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Brantley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #677ILMichigan: #375MINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #338INOhio: #363OHPennsylvania: #261PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #346MOKentucky: #227KYWest Virginia: #113WVVirginia: #343VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #634AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #386KSArkansas: #305ARTennessee: #410TNNorth Carolina: #416NCSouth Carolina: #265SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: #376LAMississippi: #201MSAlabama: #238ALGeorgia: #315GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #892TXFlorida: #378FL
Brantley (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#96411

Brantley (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BrantleyCanadaBoys#85930
BrantleyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
BrantleyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BrantleyUSGirls#10,9178
BrantleyUSBoys#499606