Boys' name · peaked in 1970
Brent name popularity since 1925
140,155 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Brent. Half of them were born in 1976 or earlier, so the typical Brent is about 50 years old in 2026. Brent peaked in 1970 as the #74 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 140,155
- Named Brent, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,509 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% boys
- 567 girls · 139,588 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 4.28× its national share
Peak year is the year Brent made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Brent births per year, 1925–2025
1970 was the biggest year for Brent both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1945 and 1950, Brent became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 5,000 baby boys to 1 in 1,970.
- Steepest fall: Between 1995 and 2000, its share of baby boys fell by 45%, from 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 2,180.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Brent's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Brent.
Decade by decade
Babies named Brent in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 109 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 694 | #884 |
| 1940s | 6 | 4,384 | #362 |
| 1950s | 40 | 14,335 | #193 |
| 1960s | 78 | 27,164 | #131 |
| 1970s | 210 | 35,380 | #79 |
| 1980s | 212 | 31,279 | #89 |
| 1990s | 21 | 16,624 | #194 |
| 2000s | 0 | 6,303 | #454 |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,536 | #875 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 780 | #1,509 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
38.1% of babies named Brent from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Brent is most popular
The index compares Brent's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Brent.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 4.28× | 5,047 |
| Idaho | 3.25× | 1,788 |
| North Dakota | 2.77× | 1,207 |
| Iowa | 2.06× | 3,627 |
| Wyoming | 1.98× | 371 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Brent's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Brent.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Brent (1970).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data