Brenton

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Brenton: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Brenton: Recorded since 1984, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #66, and it stood at #4,789 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#66highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Brenton's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1999	#2097
2001	#1949
2003	#3467
2005	#2174
2006	#3385
2014	#4632
2015	#3908
2018	#4749
2022	#4789

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 10 of the 27 years from 1996 to 2022.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1984–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1984
First recorded at #66 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1984 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1984–1985
Highest recorded position: #66 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1984 (recorded 1984–1985).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4789 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Brenton appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 10 ranked years and 42 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1984.

Brenton across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Brenton's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1949 (2001)	#4789 (2022)	10 of 27	42 (1996–2022)	7 (2005)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#66 (1984)	#66 (1984)	#99 (1985)	2 of 2	193 (1984–1985)	122 (1984)

Brenton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Brenton in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	20	4 of 10	5
2010s	10	3 of 10	3
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Brenton appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1984 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #66 in New South Wales, Australia in 1984.

Brenton's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#99	71	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	122	Insufficient	Not yet available

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1984 and 2022, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #66, first reached in 1984.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 122 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1984.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Brennan · #543, 29y
Brent · #22, 63y
Brett · #15, 68y
Bria · #179, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Taine · #69, 16y
Paudie · #139, 16y
Alphonsus · #155, 16y
Connla · #163, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Alyce · #65, 23y
Rhiannon · #65, 38y
Vilja · #65, 29y
Matteo · #68, 38y

Brenton was ranked #66 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1984. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Brenton and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Brenton without appearing here.

Brenton moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3385 and #1892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3467 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2174 and #2754.

Moved ahead of Brenton

Aria Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3908 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2445.
Arne Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3908 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #3048.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2174 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #3385 and #2087.
Erin Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2097 and #1383.

Moved the opposite way to Brenton

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Brenton went from #2357 to #4789 while Albie went from #853 to #29.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Brenton went from #2357 to #4789 while Alfie went from #119 to #17.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Brenton went from #2357 to #4789 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Brenton went from #2357 to #4789 while Archie went from #192 to #11.

Moved the same way as Brenton

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Brenton went from #2357 to #4789 and Aaron from #33 to #135.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Brenton went from #2357 to #4789 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Adrian Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Brenton went from #2357 to #4789 and Adrian from #204 to #298.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Brenton went from #2357 to #4789 and Alan from #163 to #472.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1984 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #66 in New South Wales, Australia in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Brenton

Brenton at a glance

What stands out in Brenton's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Brenton across 2 official records

Brenton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Brenton appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Brenton at a glance

What stands out in Brenton's record

Brenton across 2 official records

Brenton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Brenton appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Brenton

Brenton and the names beside it

Brenton moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Brenton

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