Brantley is a boy name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Brantley means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Brantley across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Brantley has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Brantley is a boy name of Old English origin meaning “sword, or fire-cleared land”. A surname derived from Germanic Brant meaning firebrand or sword.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 32,435 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 6 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Brantley per year, United States (1893 to 2025). United States peaked in 2014 (3,399/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2022 (3/yr).
Brantley has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2014, when it ranked #214 nationally (given to 3,399 babies that year), and a popular choice in the 2010s.
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