Brenton is an established variant of Brandon that peaked in 1984 and has since faded.
Brenton is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,096 for boy births in the United States (and #4,472 across all names), given to 70 babies. Brenton first appears in 1912 and peaked in 1984 (799 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | 70 | — | #2,096 |
| 2024 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,959 |
| 2023 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,671 |
| 2022 | 83 | 83 | — | #1,893 |
| 2021 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,887 |
| 2020 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,673 |
| 2019 | 150 | 150 | — | #1,252 |
| 2018 | 156 | 156 | — | #1,204 |
| 2017 | 157 | 157 | — | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 169 | 169 | — | #1,141 |
| 2015 | 171 | 171 | — | #1,119 |
| 2014 | 199 | 199 | — | #1,022 |
| 2013 | 201 | 201 | — | #989 |
| 2012 | 227 | 227 | — | #910 |
| 2011 | 228 | 228 | — | #898 |
| 2010 | 190 | 190 | — | #1,020 |
| 2009 | 232 | 232 | — | #896 |
| 2008 | 203 | 203 | — | #980 |
| 2007 | 196 | 196 | — | #994 |
| 2006 | 196 | 196 | — | #948 |
| 2005 | 187 | 187 | — | #935 |
| 2004 | 198 | 198 | — | #877 |
| 2003 | 208 | 208 | — | #836 |
| 2002 | 199 | 199 | — | #837 |
| 2001 | 211 | 211 | — | #796 |
| 2000 | 244 | 244 | — | #715 |
| 1999 | 261 | 261 | — | #663 |
| 1998 | 252 | 252 | — | #677 |
| 1997 | 276 | — | — | #624 |
| 1996 | 318 | — | — | #572 |
| 1995 | 299 | — | — | #596 |
| 1994 | 320 | — | — | #576 |
| 1993 | 330 | — | — | #562 |
| 1992 | 353 | — | — | #541 |
| 1991 | 369 | — | — | #518 |
| 1990 | 444 | — | — | #469 |
| 1989 | 447 | — | — | #445 |
| 1988 | 507 | — | #12,031 | #396 |
| 1987 | 503 | — | — | #383 |
| 1986 | 601 | — | — | #330 |
| 1985 | 609 | — | #9,429 | #328 |
| 1984 | 806 | — | #8,256 | #260 |
| 1983 | 250 | — | — | #527 |
| 1982 | 255 | — | — | #534 |
| 1981 | 186 | — | — | #628 |
| 1980 | 189 | — | — | #634 |
| 1979 | 184 | — | — | #634 |
| 1978 | 134 | — | — | #727 |
| 1977 | 177 | — | — | #636 |
| 1976 | 140 | — | — | #700 |
| 1975 | 145 | — | — | #684 |
| 1974 | 147 | — | — | #669 |
| 1973 | 171 | — | — | #605 |
| 1972 | 153 | — | — | #641 |
| 1971 | 173 | — | — | #630 |
| 1970 | 184 | — | — | #596 |
| 1969 | 144 | — | — | #656 |
| 1968 | 156 | — | — | #609 |
| 1967 | 82 | — | — | #803 |
| 1966 | 64 | — | — | #901 |
| 1965 | 45 | — | — | #1,109 |
| 1964 | 53 | — | — | #1,035 |
| 1963 | 53 | — | — | #1,039 |
| 1962 | 44 | — | — | #1,173 |
| 1961 | 42 | — | — | #1,223 |
| 1960 | 38 | — | — | #1,274 |
| 1959 | 41 | — | — | #1,213 |
| 1958 | 36 | — | — | #1,278 |
| 1957 | 36 | — | — | #1,300 |
| 1956 | 24 | — | — | #1,613 |
| 1955 | 21 | — | — | #1,689 |
| 1954 | 34 | — | — | #1,292 |
| 1953 | 32 | — | — | #1,334 |
| 1952 | 23 | — | — | #1,586 |
| 1951 | 28 | — | — | #1,411 |
| 1950 | 36 | — | — | #1,204 |
| 1949 | 40 | — | — | #1,112 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | — | #2,230 |
| 1947 | 25 | — | — | #1,487 |
| 1946 | 25 | — | — | #1,412 |
| 1945 | 21 | — | — | #1,450 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | — | #1,686 |
| 1943 | 16 | — | — | #1,845 |
| 1942 | 20 | — | — | #1,592 |
| 1941 | 16 | — | — | #1,764 |
| 1940 | 23 | — | — | #1,404 |
| 1939 | 15 | — | — | #1,802 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | — | #1,910 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | — | #2,218 |
| 1936 | 17 | — | — | #1,648 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | — | #2,740 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | — | #2,283 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | — | #3,039 |
| 1932 | 13 | — | — | #2,109 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | — | #2,677 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | — | #2,461 |
| 1929 | 11 | — | — | #2,465 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | — | #2,534 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | — | #3,189 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | — | #2,745 |
| 1925 | 13 | — | — | #2,325 |
| 1924 | 14 | — | — | #2,243 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | — | #3,868 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | — | #2,653 |
| 1920 | 14 | — | — | #2,236 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | — | #2,696 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | — | #3,138 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | — | #2,986 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | — | #3,125 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | — | #2,073 |