Kent
Last seen for girls in 1984 at #10,422 · #1,654 for boys in 2025, 101 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 2,587 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 69,322since 1885
Kent over time
Rank among boys' names. Kent has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #1,654 | 101 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,631 | 104 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,668 | 102 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,540 | 116 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,407 | 130 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,423 | 121 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,432 | 122 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,199 | 157 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,293 | 140 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,164 | 164 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,182 | 157 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,225 | 149 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,128 | 161 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,448 | 114 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,296 | 132 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,323 | 129 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,390 | 122 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,240 | 140 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,188 | 148 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,202 | 139 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,073 | 154 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,029 | 159 | |
| 2003 | — | #883 | 192 | |
| 2002 | — | #948 | 169 | |
| 2001 | — | #891 | 177 | |
| 2000 | — | #773 | 215 | |
| 1999 | — | #799 | 191 | |
| 1998 | — | #722 | 228 | |
| 1997 | — | #680 | 239 | |
| 1996 | — | #650 | 257 | |
| 1995 | — | #702 | 227 | |
| 1994 | — | #597 | 301 | |
| 1993 | — | #559 | 331 | |
| 1992 | — | #527 | 369 | |
| 1991 | — | #526 | 365 | |
| 1990 | — | #488 | 394 | |
| 1989 | — | #448 | 438 | |
| 1988 | — | #420 | 461 | |
| 1987 | — | #414 | 444 | |
| 1986 | — | #392 | 465 | |
| 1985 | — | #349 | 532 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #341 | 549 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #334 | 556 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #337 | 559 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #353 | 498 |
| 1980 | — | #356 | 497 | |
| 1979 | — | #363 | 482 | |
| 1978 | — | #345 | 499 | |
| 1977 | — | #357 | 487 | |
| 1976 | — | #338 | 508 | |
| 1975 | — | #340 | 501 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #313 | 582 |
| 1973 | — | #263 | 728 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #254 | 786 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #235 | 1,002 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #216 | 1,153 |
| 1969 | — | #203 | 1,225 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #194 | 1,219 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #181 | 1,394 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | #172 | 1,572 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #161 | 1,846 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #146 | 2,246 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #141 | 2,398 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #136 | 2,587 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #147 | 2,374 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #148 | 2,397 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #141 | 2,466 |
| 1958 | — | #144 | 2,405 | |
| 1957 | — | #150 | 2,296 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #149 | 2,137 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #156 | 1,856 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #167 | 1,721 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #166 | 1,636 |
| 1952 | — | #164 | 1,618 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #181 | 1,323 |
| 1950 | — | #180 | 1,233 | |
| 1949 | — | #194 | 1,071 | |
| 1948 | — | #193 | 1,027 | |
| 1947 | — | #182 | 1,120 | |
| 1946 | — | #195 | 888 | |
| 1945 | — | #202 | 715 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #201 | 741 |
| 1943 | — | #198 | 813 | |
| 1942 | — | #210 | 717 | |
| 1941 | — | #202 | 676 | |
| 1940 | — | #216 | 578 | |
| 1939 | — | #234 | 495 | |
| 1938 | — | #264 | 435 | |
| 1937 | — | #272 | 405 | |
| 1936 | — | #254 | 437 | |
| 1935 | — | #289 | 351 | |
| 1934 | — | #349 | 249 | |
| 1933 | — | #388 | 197 | |
| 1932 | — | #386 | 209 | |
| 1931 | — | #422 | 179 | |
| 1930 | — | #459 | 166 | |
| 1929 | — | #499 | 138 | |
| 1928 | — | #537 | 128 | |
| 1927 | — | #553 | 124 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #548 | 123 |
| 1925 | — | #562 | 121 | |
| 1924 | — | #691 | 89 | |
| 1923 | — | #644 | 99 | |
| 1922 | — | #648 | 98 | |
| 1921 | — | #804 | 71 | |
| 1920 | — | #667 | 91 | |
| 1919 | — | #822 | 63 | |
| 1918 | — | #909 | 53 | |
| 1917 | — | #855 | 56 | |
| 1916 | — | #803 | 59 | |
| 1915 | — | #916 | 46 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,153 | 25 | |
| 1913 | — | #806 | 35 | |
| 1912 | — | #970 | 22 | |
| 1911 | — | #759 | 18 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Kent! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kent is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#33 · 1 in 141
- Nebraska#51 · 1 in 199
- Iowa#63 · 1 in 267
- Kansas#63 · 1 in 273
- Idaho#64 · 1 in 230
Best ever in a state: #24 in Utah, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #33 | 84 | 1 in 141 |
| Nebraska | #51 | 81 | 1 in 199 |
| Iowa | #63 | 116 | 1 in 267 |
| Kansas | #63 | 87 | 1 in 273 |
| Idaho | #64 | 33 | 1 in 230 |
| North Dakota | #64 | 29 | 1 in 261 |
| Minnesota | #72 | 116 | 1 in 364 |
| Colorado | #73 | 66 | 1 in 323 |
| Indiana | #74 | 150 | 1 in 365 |
| Wyoming | #74 | 13 | 1 in 256 |
| South Dakota | #75 | 23 | 1 in 353 |
| Montana | #79 | 23 | 1 in 339 |
| Oklahoma | #84 | 61 | 1 in 393 |
| Oregon | #84 | 48 | 1 in 357 |
| Nevada | #95 | 7 | 1 in 391 |
| Wisconsin | #101 | 71 | 1 in 670 |
| Missouri | #103 | 88 | 1 in 560 |
| Illinois | #107 | 198 | 1 in 588 |
| Washington | #121 | 47 | 1 in 670 |
| Hawaii | #128 | 15 | 1 in 476 |
| Ohio | #137 | 122 | 1 in 929 |
| California | #149 | 218 | 1 in 824 |
| New Hampshire | #151 | 5 | 1 in 1,210 |
| Connecticut | #164 | 16 | 1 in 1,665 |
| Louisiana | #165 | 53 | 1 in 804 |
| Maine | #166 | 8 | 1 in 1,330 |
| Michigan | #166 | 75 | 1 in 1,286 |
| Kentucky | #172 | 30 | 1 in 1,206 |
| Pennsylvania | #172 | 72 | 1 in 1,691 |
| Massachusetts | #180 | 21 | 1 in 2,687 |
| West Virginia | #185 | 15 | 1 in 1,338 |
| Arkansas | #187 | 17 | 1 in 1,152 |
| Maryland | #190 | 23 | 1 in 1,428 |
| North Carolina | #190 | 45 | 1 in 1,170 |
| New Jersey | #217 | 27 | 1 in 2,271 |
| New Mexico | #217 | 11 | 1 in 1,212 |
| Tennessee | #219 | 23 | 1 in 1,733 |
| District of Columbia | #220 | 8 | 1 in 1,858 |
| Virginia | #226 | 25 | 1 in 1,728 |
| Arizona | #227 | 12 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Mississippi | #227 | 18 | 1 in 1,539 |
| Florida | #231 | 33 | 1 in 1,627 |
| South Carolina | #233 | 17 | 1 in 1,682 |
| Texas | #240 | 94 | 1 in 1,310 |
| Alabama | #250 | 20 | 1 in 1,923 |
| New York | #255 | 72 | 1 in 2,513 |
| Georgia | #269 | 22 | 1 in 2,180 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kent
- 23 spots since 2024 (#1,631 → #1,654)
- 231 spots since 2020 (#1,423 → #1,654)
- 472 spots since 2015 (#1,182 → #1,654)
- Biggest jump: 237 spots in 1915 (#1,153 → #916)
- Biggest drop: 347 spots in 1914 (#806 → #1,153)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1962 at #136 (2,587 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 101 yrs · run 1915–2003
- Highest: 1 in 800 boys born in 1962 were named Kent (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,912 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 27.8% of all boys named Kent (19,258) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #936 (1885) | #936 |
| 1890s | 31 | #766 (1891) | #927 |
| 1900s | 55 | #804 (1909) | #1,003 |
| 1910s | 388 | #759 (1911) | #897 |
| 1920s | 1,082 | #499 (1929) | #615 |
| 1930s | 3,123 | #234 (1939) | #332 |
| 1940s | 8,346 | #182 (1947) | #199 |
| 1950s | 18,691 | #141 (1959) | #160 |
| 1960s | 19,258 | #136 (1962) | #163 |
| 1970s | 6,728 | #216 (1970) | #302 |
| 1980s | 4,999 | #334 (1983) | #374 |
| 1990s | 2,902 | #488 (1990) | #625 |
| 2000s | 1,615 | #773 (2000) | #1,062 |
| 2010s | 1,425 | #1,128 (2013) | #1,269 |
| 2020s | 674 | #1,407 (2021) | #1,554 |
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.
Kent in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 252,933 of them was named Kent, which outranked 35.8% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,300Ylonda9
- #4,300Yolander9
- #4,300Yolette9
- #4,625Kent8
- #4,625Adel8
- #4,625Adraine8
- #4,625Adriann8
- #5,031Adora7
- #5,031Adrain7
- #5,031Adrena7
Tied with 405 names at #4,625; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 866 of them was named Kent, which outranked 96.9% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.