Gentry
#2,017 for girls in 2025, 94 births · #1,808 for boys in 2025, 88 births
Given to boys 60.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,287since 1884
Gentry over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,017 | 94 | #1,808 | 88 |
| 2024 | #2,462 | 73 | #1,599 | 107 |
| 2023 | #2,002 | 98 | #1,416 | 129 |
| 2022 | #1,763 | 117 | #1,353 | 138 |
| 2021 | #1,532 | 137 | #1,182 | 166 |
| 2020 | #1,668 | 123 | #1,343 | 133 |
| 2019 | #1,648 | 128 | #1,251 | 150 |
| 2018 | #1,451 | 151 | #1,357 | 131 |
| 2017 | #1,863 | 109 | #1,499 | 112 |
| 2016 | #1,865 | 110 | #1,641 | 97 |
| 2015 | #1,839 | 112 | #1,641 | 97 |
| 2014 | #1,940 | 103 | #1,436 | 115 |
| 2013 | #1,918 | 104 | #1,659 | 91 |
| 2012 | #1,674 | 127 | #1,687 | 90 |
| 2011 | #2,638 | 67 | #2,232 | 58 |
| 2010 | #2,514 | 73 | #2,144 | 62 |
| 2009 | #3,189 | 52 | #2,287 | 57 |
| 2008 | #2,773 | 65 | #2,161 | 62 |
| 2007 | #2,787 | 65 | #2,372 | 54 |
| 2006 | #3,919 | 38 | #2,881 | 39 |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 | #2,206 | 54 |
| 2004 | #4,707 | 28 | #2,376 | 47 |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 | #2,102 | 53 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | #2,337 | 44 |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 | #1,816 | 61 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | #2,621 | 35 |
| 1999 | #3,509 | 35 | #2,162 | 43 |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 | #3,191 | 24 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 | #2,332 | 34 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 | #2,346 | 33 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 | #1,927 | 43 |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 | #2,007 | 40 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 | #1,914 | 42 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | #1,744 | 46 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | #1,780 | 44 |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 | #1,858 | 40 |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 | #2,035 | 31 |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 | #1,484 | 48 |
| 1986 | #3,645 | 23 | #1,694 | 37 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | #2,019 | 28 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 | #1,942 | 28 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 | #1,655 | 35 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #1,487 | 40 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #1,904 | 26 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #1,787 | 27 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,692 | 28 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #1,696 | 27 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #1,819 | 24 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #1,441 | 35 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #1,278 | 42 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1968 | — | #1,506 | 27 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,573 | 24 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,757 | 19 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,178 | 14 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,615 | 24 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,406 | 32 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,552 | 27 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,916 | 18 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,673 | 23 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,886 | 18 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,593 | 23 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,073 | 14 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,489 | 25 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,884 | 15 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | — | #1,988 | 13 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,833 | 16 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,946 | 14 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,821 | 15 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,736 | 16 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,050 | 12 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,689 | 17 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,801 | 15 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,837 | 15 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,191 | 12 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,760 | 19 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,466 | 25 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,696 | 21 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,588 | 23 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,131 | 15 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,404 | 26 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,900 | 16 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,417 | 12 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
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| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Gentry! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1907, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Gentry
- 209 spots since 2024 (#1,599 → #1,808)
- 465 spots since 2020 (#1,343 → #1,808)
- 167 spots since 2015 (#1,641 → #1,808)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #971 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
- Highest: 1 in 10,539 boys born in 2021 were named Gentry (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,410 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #971 in 1884, was only 1 in 22,888 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.4% of all boys named Gentry (1,003) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #971 (1884) | #971 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 13 | #1,021 (1908) | #1,231 |
| 1910s | 128 | #1,404 (1918) | #1,751 |
| 1920s | 181 | #1,466 (1926) | #1,910 |
| 1930s | 142 | #1,689 (1938) | #1,954 |
| 1940s | 142 | #1,736 (1940) | #1,967 |
| 1950s | 175 | #1,489 (1951) | #1,957 |
| 1960s | 232 | #1,406 (1961) | #1,689 |
| 1970s | 300 | #1,278 (1970) | #1,707 |
| 1980s | 319 | #1,484 (1987) | #1,913 |
| 1990s | 380 | #1,744 (1991) | #2,195 |
| 2000s | 506 | #1,816 (2001) | #2,316 |
| 2010s | 1,003 | #1,251 (2019) | #1,655 |
| 2020s | 761 | #1,182 (2021) | #1,450 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gentry in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 13,867 of them was named Gentry, which outranked 91.4% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,663Sapphire128
- #1,663Skylynn128
- #1,663Tallulah128
- #1,674Gentry127
- #1,674Adison127
- #1,674Gisele127
- #1,674Layna127
- #1,680Claira126
- #1,680Dior126
- #1,680Melisa126
Tied with 5 names at #1,674; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 21,077 of them was named Gentry, which outranked 88.2% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,676Kabir91
- #1,676Kyrin91
- #1,676Xavion91
- #1,687Gentry90
- #1,687Arley90
- #1,687Braelyn90
- #1,687Cal90
- #1,697Antwon89
- #1,697Breckin89
- #1,697Bryar89
Tied with 9 names at #1,687; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.