Brently comes from the ModernAmerican / Multicultural tradition, meaning "From the hilltop, steep slope.".
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How popular is Brently?
2014peak year
The name Brently reached its peak in 2014, with 121 registrations (ranked #1397). The name has actually been around since 1960 — over a century — though it took until recently to find its widest audience. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #3138) today, averaging about 46 new babies per year. Brently has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 1,423 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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