Brently is a rare variant of Brantley that peaked in 2014 and has since faded.
Brently is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,065 for boy births in the United States (and #10,690 across all names), given to 19 babies. Brently first appears in 1960 and peaked in 2014 (121 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,917 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,906 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,631 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,253 |
| 2020 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,211 |
| 2019 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,948 |
| 2018 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,552 |
| 2017 | 54 | 54 | — | #2,392 |
| 2016 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,924 |
| 2015 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,679 |
| 2014 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,397 |
| 2013 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,447 |
| 2012 | 113 | 113 | #17,345 | #1,491 |
| 2011 | 52 | 52 | #15,159 | #2,633 |
| 2010 | 35 | 35 | #13,708 | #3,724 |
| 2009 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,588 |
| 2008 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,446 |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,316 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,710 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,395 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | — | #11,593 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,941 |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | — | #6,140 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,515 |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | — | #5,963 |
| 1999 | 11 | 11 | — | #5,705 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | — | #6,928 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | — | #5,321 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | — | #6,050 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | — | #5,163 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | — | #6,439 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | — | #4,474 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | — | #6,746 |
| 1991 | 13 | — | — | #4,260 |
| 1990 | 18 | — | — | #3,324 |
| 1989 | 29 | — | — | #2,300 |
| 1988 | 20 | — | — | #2,774 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | — | #4,281 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | — | #3,465 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | — | #5,210 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | — | #3,289 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | — | #3,911 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | — | #4,645 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | — | #3,439 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | — | #6,366 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | — | #3,190 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | — | #4,609 |
| 1977 | 12 | — | — | #3,223 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | — | #3,116 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | — | #4,370 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | — | #3,591 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | — | #4,107 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | — | #4,018 |
| 1971 | 11 | — | — | #2,993 |
| 1970 | 13 | — | — | #2,636 |
| 1969 | 14 | — | — | #2,322 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | — | #3,133 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | — | #2,487 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | — | #2,641 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | — | #3,977 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | — | #2,430 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | — | #3,348 |
| 1962 | 16 | — | — | #2,044 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | — | #3,389 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | — | #3,702 |