Brentley
A boys’ name of English origin, meaning burnt meadow; a modern respelling of Brantley.
Babies a year
289
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
How Brentley has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #642 |
| 2016 | #748 |
| 2017 | #815 |
| 2018 | #906 |
| 2019 | #955 |
Brentley by the numbers
Brentley was given to 289 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 411 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brentley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Brantleyfire brand; a form of Brant2,347 in the US (2017)
- Brentleeburnt meadow; a variant spelling of Brantley65 in the US (2017)
- Brentlymeadow of bent grass; a modern respelling of Bently or Bentley54 in the US (2017)
- Bentleemeadow of bent grass; a modern respelling of Bentley315 in the US (2017)
- Brantleefire brand; a modern respelling of Brantley197 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Brentley, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Wesleywestern meadow3,607 in the US (2017)
- Ryleerye clearing; a respelling of Ryley2,971 in the US (2017)
- Camdenenclosed valley2,786 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Brentley
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