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

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Peak · boys
1884 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,287
since 1884

Gentry over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #1,451, 2018peak #971, 1884girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,01794#1,80888
2024#2,46273#1,599107
2023#2,00298#1,416129
2022#1,763117#1,353138
2021#1,532137#1,182166
2020#1,668123#1,343133
2019#1,648128#1,251150
2018#1,451151#1,357131
2017#1,863109#1,499112
2016#1,865110#1,64197
2015#1,839112#1,64197
2014#1,940103#1,436115
2013#1,918104#1,65991
2012#1,674127#1,68790
2011#2,63867#2,23258
2010#2,51473#2,14462
2009#3,18952#2,28757
2008#2,77365#2,16162
2007#2,78765#2,37254
2006#3,91938#2,88139
2005#3,80938#2,20654
2004#4,70728#2,37647
2003#3,59039#2,10253
2002#4,07131#2,33744
2001#4,20929#1,81661
2000#4,64925#2,62135
1999#3,50935#2,16243
1998#3,49734#3,19124
1997#3,71630#2,54631
1996#4,30624#2,33234
1995#3,78028#2,34633
1994#3,37233#1,92743
1993#3,87727#2,00740
1992#3,68029#1,91442
1991#4,32923#1,74446
1990#4,69420#1,78044
1989#4,02024#1,85840
1988#3,89323#2,03531
1987#3,52425#1,48448
1986#3,64523#1,69437
1985#3,51724#2,01928
1984#2,99229#2,15924
1983#4,28617#2,01726
1982#3,41824#2,26922
1981#3,53223#1,94228
1980#3,21526#1,65535
1979#5,09213#1,48740
1978#3,63720#1,71831
1977#5,53211#1,90426
1976#4,61413#2,24520
1975#7,1737#1,78727
1974#8,7755#1,69228
1973#6,0808#1,69627
1972#5,9598#1,81924
1971#6,6197#1,44135
1970#4,49212#1,27842
1969#6,6176#1,68024
1968#1,50627
1967#1,57324
1966#1,75719
1965#2,17814
1964#1,61524
1963#1,58525
1962#2,03516
1961#1,40632
1960#1,55227
1959#1,91618
1958#1,76620
1957#1,67323
1956#1,88618
1955#2,30212
1954#1,59323
1953#2,09914
1952#2,07314
1951#1,48925
1950#2,7708
1949#1,94115
1948#2,6089
1947#1,78618
1946#1,88415
1945#4,5565#2,13111
1944#1,98813
1943#1,83316
1942#1,94614
1941#1,82115
1940#1,73616
1939#2,05012
1938#1,68917
1937#2,19711
1936#1,80115
1935#1,83715
1934#4,2865#2,02213
1933#2,36810
1932#2,19112
1931#1,69318
1930#1,69319
1929#1,73119
1928#1,76019
1927#1,87118
1926#1,46625
1925#2,58811
1924#2,22914
1923#1,69621
1922#2,04016
1921#1,58823
1920#2,13115
1919#1,97316
1918#1,40426
1917#1,90016
1916#2,15213
1915#1,70717
1914#1,86812
1913#1,80310
1912#1,41712
1911#1,5376
1910
1909#1,4405
1908#1,0218
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1884#9715
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First appearance
1884

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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 209 spots since 2024 (#1,599#1,808)
  • 465 spots since 2020 (#1,343#1,808)
  • 167 spots since 2015 (#1,641#1,808)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1884 at #971 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,539
  • 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
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 23.4% of all boys named Gentry (1,003) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#971 (1884)#971
1890s0
1900s13#1,021 (1908)#1,231
1910s128#1,404 (1918)#1,751
1920s181#1,466 (1926)#1,910
1930s142#1,689 (1938)#1,954
1940s142#1,736 (1940)#1,967
1950s175#1,489 (1951)#1,957
1960s232#1,406 (1961)#1,689
1970s300#1,278 (1970)#1,707
1980s319#1,484 (1987)#1,913
1990s380#1,744 (1991)#2,195
2000s506#1,816 (2001)#2,316
2010s1,003#1,251 (2019)#1,655
2020s761#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 2015

girls
#1,839
112 births · 1 in 15,938 girls
boys
#1,641
97 births · 1 in 19,760 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #1,839Gentry112

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #1,641Gentry97
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 15,938 of them was named Gentry, which outranked 90.4% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gentry
  1. #1,831Klara113
  2. #1,831Love113
  3. #1,831Viktoria113
  4. #1,839Gentry112
  5. #1,839Aleksandra112
  6. #1,839Aleyna112
  7. #1,839Candice112
  8. #1,850Abygail111
  9. #1,850Adalia111
  10. #1,850Aislyn111

Tied with 10 names at #1,839; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,984Alaia#2,648#664
  2. 1,835Meilani#2,781#946
  3. 1,733Aitana#2,648#915
  4. 1,387Aislinn#2,351#964
  5. 1,072Taya#2,049#977
Fallers
  1. 1,075Isis#703#1,778
  2. 502Annabell#923#1,425
  3. 500Anabel#911#1,411
  4. 344Cindy#711#1,055
  5. 334Anabella#529#863

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 19,760 of them was named Gentry, which outranked 88.3% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gentry
  1. #1,625Ryden98
  2. #1,625Zachery98
  3. #1,625Zamari98
  4. #1,641Gentry97
  5. #1,641Arrow97
  6. #1,641Bryden97
  7. #1,641Dontae97
  8. #1,646Aurelio96
  9. #1,646Cam96
  10. #1,646Ezrah96

Tied with 4 names at #1,641; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,348Riaan#2,277#929
  2. 397Huxley#1,355#958
  3. 355Wilder#1,313#958
  4. 284Jaziel#1,218#934
  5. 268Canaan#1,074#806
Fallers
  1. 676Arnav#891#1,567
  2. 262Jayse#906#1,168
  3. 239Neymar#551#790
  4. 228Rylee#877#1,105
  5. 204Johnathon#915#1,119

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015