Brantley Boy
How popular is Brantley?
#499 boy name in 2025
606 baby boys were named Brantley in the US in 2025, making it the 499th most popular boy name. Another 8 girls got the name (#10,913 for girls).
Brantley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #499 for boys (▼ 20 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 606 boys, 8 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-82% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #122 in 2015, #233 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (3,353 boys) |
| Highest rank | #119 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1893 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Brantley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Brantley family of names ranked #463 for boys in 2025 (#440 the year before), with 649 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brantley | 606 | 93% |
| Brantlee | 38 | 6% |
| Brantly | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Brantley is most popular
Babies named Brantley per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 3.1 per 1,000 (101 boys)
- Vermont: 2.2 per 1,000 (14 boys)
- Kentucky: 1.6 per 1,000 (165 boys)
- Maine: 1.5 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Alabama: 1.4 per 1,000 (155 boys)
Brantley by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #1,034 |
| 1910s | 66 | #1,420 |
| 1920s | 99 | #1,981 |
| 1930s | 109 | #1,801 |
| 1940s | 119 | #1,757 |
| 1950s | 141 | #1,592 |
| 1960s | 177 | #1,477 |
| 1970s | 269 | #1,570 |
| 1980s | 468 | #986 |
| 1990s | 683 | #1,323 |
| 2000s | 932 | #1,278 |
| 2010s | 22,470 | #119 |
| 2020s | 6,091 | #233 |
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Questions
- Is Brantley a boy or girl name?
- Brantley is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Brantley were boys.
- How popular is the name Brantley?
- 606 baby boys were named Brantley in the US in 2025, making it the 499th most popular boy name. Another 8 girls got the name (#10,913 for girls).
- When was Brantley most popular?
- Brantley peaked in 2014, when 3,353 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #119 in 2013.
- How many people are named Brantley?
- 32,435 babies have been named Brantley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 31,755 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Brantley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Brantley was most common in West Virginia, at 3.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.