Brent is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1970 and has since faded.
Brent is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,509 for boy births in the United States (and #3,202 across all names), given to 116 babies. Brent first appears in 1885 and peaked in 1970 (4,269 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116 | 116 | — | #1,509 |
| 2024 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,651 |
| 2023 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,450 |
| 2022 | 138 | 138 | — | #1,354 |
| 2021 | 154 | 154 | — | #1,240 |
| 2020 | 145 | 145 | — | #1,265 |
| 2019 | 182 | 182 | — | #1,094 |
| 2018 | 163 | 163 | — | #1,175 |
| 2017 | 201 | 201 | — | #1,007 |
| 2016 | 211 | 211 | — | #973 |
| 2015 | 254 | 254 | — | #875 |
| 2014 | 263 | 263 | — | #850 |
| 2013 | 289 | 289 | — | #777 |
| 2012 | 318 | 318 | — | #731 |
| 2011 | 287 | 287 | — | #782 |
| 2010 | 368 | 368 | — | #655 |
| 2009 | 399 | 399 | — | #628 |
| 2008 | 471 | 471 | — | #559 |
| 2007 | 522 | 522 | — | #506 |
| 2006 | 544 | 544 | — | #485 |
| 2005 | 562 | 562 | — | #454 |
| 2004 | 646 | 646 | — | #405 |
| 2003 | 685 | 685 | — | #382 |
| 2002 | 727 | 727 | — | #362 |
| 2001 | 847 | 847 | — | #330 |
| 2000 | 900 | 900 | — | #319 |
| 1999 | 1,055 | 1,055 | — | #279 |
| 1998 | 1,202 | 1,202 | — | #249 |
| 1997 | 1,254 | — | — | #241 |
| 1996 | 1,342 | — | #13,820 | #226 |
| 1995 | 1,586 | — | — | #194 |
| 1994 | 1,630 | — | — | #188 |
| 1993 | 1,801 | — | — | #178 |
| 1992 | 1,958 | — | — | #160 |
| 1991 | 2,199 | — | #11,687 | #146 |
| 1990 | 2,618 | — | #7,951 | #127 |
| 1989 | 2,760 | — | #6,586 | #118 |
| 1988 | 2,885 | — | #5,090 | #107 |
| 1987 | 2,866 | — | #3,032 | #103 |
| 1986 | 3,078 | — | #4,561 | #94 |
| 1985 | 3,345 | — | #3,524 | #89 |
| 1984 | 3,205 | — | #4,015 | #89 |
| 1983 | 3,050 | — | #3,829 | #94 |
| 1982 | 3,346 | — | #3,349 | #91 |
| 1981 | 3,393 | — | #3,635 | #88 |
| 1980 | 3,563 | — | #3,224 | #84 |
| 1979 | 3,472 | — | #4,247 | #84 |
| 1978 | 3,202 | — | #3,520 | #87 |
| 1977 | 3,443 | — | #3,621 | #85 |
| 1976 | 3,425 | — | #3,421 | #78 |
| 1975 | 3,381 | — | #3,788 | #79 |
| 1974 | 3,438 | — | #2,842 | #76 |
| 1973 | 3,304 | — | #3,651 | #80 |
| 1972 | 3,552 | — | #2,984 | #77 |
| 1971 | 4,073 | — | #3,276 | #73 |
| 1970 | 4,300 | — | #2,399 | #74 |
| 1969 | 3,366 | — | #4,454 | #92 |
| 1968 | 2,927 | — | #5,190 | #102 |
| 1967 | 2,877 | — | #3,221 | #108 |
| 1966 | 2,694 | — | #6,666 | #114 |
| 1965 | 2,416 | — | #4,872 | #131 |
| 1964 | 2,745 | — | — | #125 |
| 1963 | 2,822 | — | #5,348 | #125 |
| 1962 | 2,564 | — | #5,924 | #139 |
| 1961 | 2,561 | — | #4,932 | #137 |
| 1960 | 2,270 | — | #4,477 | #154 |
| 1959 | 2,287 | — | #5,081 | #151 |
| 1958 | 2,078 | — | #5,474 | #159 |
| 1957 | 1,787 | — | #4,574 | #174 |
| 1956 | 1,457 | — | — | #191 |
| 1955 | 1,382 | — | — | #193 |
| 1954 | 1,239 | — | #4,709 | #202 |
| 1953 | 1,202 | — | — | #201 |
| 1952 | 1,081 | — | — | #205 |
| 1951 | 948 | — | #4,897 | #211 |
| 1950 | 914 | — | #4,788 | #212 |
| 1949 | 738 | — | — | #240 |
| 1948 | 645 | — | — | #256 |
| 1947 | 675 | — | #4,809 | #257 |
| 1946 | 506 | — | — | #287 |
| 1945 | 269 | — | — | #362 |
| 1944 | 315 | — | — | #336 |
| 1943 | 350 | — | — | #328 |
| 1942 | 315 | — | — | #343 |
| 1941 | 289 | — | — | #340 |
| 1940 | 288 | — | — | #336 |
| 1939 | 185 | — | — | #418 |
| 1938 | 114 | — | — | #544 |
| 1937 | 91 | — | — | #610 |
| 1936 | 65 | — | — | #749 |
| 1935 | 51 | — | — | #884 |
| 1934 | 45 | — | — | #943 |
| 1933 | 46 | — | — | #927 |
| 1932 | 32 | — | — | #1,200 |
| 1931 | 36 | — | — | #1,131 |
| 1930 | 29 | — | — | #1,337 |
| 1929 | 24 | — | — | #1,486 |
| 1928 | 19 | — | — | #1,769 |
| 1927 | 26 | — | — | #1,477 |
| 1926 | 21 | — | — | #1,669 |
| 1925 | 19 | — | — | #1,814 |
| 1924 | 18 | — | — | #1,900 |
| 1923 | 15 | — | — | #2,133 |
| 1922 | 14 | — | — | #2,256 |
| 1921 | 21 | — | — | #1,710 |
| 1920 | 22 | — | — | #1,648 |
| 1919 | 21 | — | — | #1,637 |
| 1918 | 19 | — | — | #1,770 |
| 1917 | 17 | — | — | #1,820 |
| 1916 | 18 | — | — | #1,704 |
| 1915 | 17 | — | — | #1,715 |
| 1913 | 6 | — | — | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | — | #1,906 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,620 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | — | #1,122 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | — | #955 |