Brent

Boy name

Brent has been given to 140,366 babies in the U.S. since 1885. It peaked in 1970.

Meaning & origin /bɹɛnt/

English surname from placenames in Devon and Somerset, from Old English brant (“steep”), referring to hills. Compare Brents.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

140,366

Peak year

1970 (4,300 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1885

10-year trend

▼ -54%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Brent Spiner

American actor

Brent Scowcroft

9th & 17th United States National Security Advisor (1925-2020)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Brent.

141,137 babies since 1901

132,861 babies since 1880

121,558 babies since 1916

169,391 babies since 1898

106,184 babies since 1899

104,506 babies since 1936

86,054 babies since 1894

196,166 babies since 1933

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