Bently
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to boys 96.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2011 · 436 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,443since 1915
Bently over time
Rank among boys' names. Bently has never cracked the top 500 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,045 | 19 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,104 | 39 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,002 | 27 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #2,873 | 44 |
| 2021 | — | #3,121 | 38 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,728 | 45 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,129 | 67 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,029 | 71 | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #1,829 | 81 |
| 2016 | — | #1,450 | 119 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,271 | 141 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,188 | 155 | |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #897 | 232 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #637 | 376 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #574 | 436 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | #667 | 359 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #2,203 | 60 |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
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| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
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| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
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| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,665 | 6 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Bently! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1926, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Bently is popular in 2013
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#284 · 1 in 1,397
- Kentucky#317 · 1 in 1,708
- Iowa#330 · 1 in 1,527
- Missouri#364 · 1 in 1,985
- Minnesota#443 · 1 in 2,547
Best ever in a state: #179 in North Dakota, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #284 | 6 | 1 in 1,397 |
| Kentucky | #317 | 13 | 1 in 1,708 |
| Iowa | #330 | 10 | 1 in 1,527 |
| Missouri | #364 | 16 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Minnesota | #443 | 11 | 1 in 2,547 |
| Alabama | #485 | 8 | 1 in 2,797 |
| Indiana | #550 | 10 | 1 in 3,565 |
| South Carolina | #651 | 5 | 1 in 4,242 |
| Oklahoma | #686 | 5 | 1 in 4,227 |
| Tennessee | #688 | 7 | 1 in 5,081 |
| Louisiana | #703 | 6 | 1 in 4,119 |
| Washington | #740 | 7 | 1 in 5,095 |
| Colorado | #745 | 5 | 1 in 5,365 |
| North Carolina | #779 | 8 | 1 in 6,301 |
| Illinois | #829 | 10 | 1 in 6,591 |
| Michigan | #951 | 6 | 1 in 7,998 |
| Texas | #1,023 | 18 | 1 in 10,014 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 6 | 1 in 9,945 |
| Georgia | #1,190 | 5 | 1 in 10,737 |
| Florida | #1,291 | 7 | 1 in 13,343 |
| California | #1,573 | 10 | 1 in 22,702 |
| New York | #1,761 | 5 | 1 in 20,496 |
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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 Bently
- 1,941 spots since 2024 (#3,104 → #5,045)
- 2,317 spots since 2020 (#2,728 → #5,045)
- 3,774 spots since 2015 (#1,271 → #5,045)
- Biggest jump: 1,536 spots in 2010 (#2,203 → #667)
- Biggest drop: 291 spots in 2014 (#897 → #1,188)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2011 at #574 (436 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2010–2013
- Highest: 1 in 4,356 boys born in 2011 were named Bently (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 89,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 83.4% of all boys named Bently (2,037) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,392 (1915) | #3,392 |
| 1920s | 6 | #3,780 (1927) | #3,780 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 13 | #3,033 (1958) | #3,511 |
| 1960s | 37 | #2,364 (1962) | #3,355 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,986 (1972) | #4,986 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,523 (1985) | #6,523 |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,971 (1996) | #7,971 |
| 2000s | 116 | #2,203 (2009) | #7,208 |
| 2010s | 2,037 | #574 (2011) | #1,267 |
| 2020s | 212 | #2,728 (2020) | #3,479 |
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.
Bently in 2013
Top girls' names in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
girls
1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 159,522 of them was named Bently, which outranked 50.1% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,036Zylee12
- #9,036Zynah12
- #9,036Zynique12
- #9,612Bently11
- #9,612Aalijah11
- #9,612Aaron11
- #9,612Abrey11
- #10,235Aadhira10
- #10,235Aalaysia10
- #10,235Aalina10
Tied with 622 names at #9,612; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 8,153 of them was named Bently, which outranked 93.6% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #894Jamar233
- #894Turner233
- #894Zayn233
- #897Bently232
- #897Ares232
- #897Emory232
- #897Gavyn232
- #902Deangelo231
- #902Mustafa231
- #904Blaise230
Tied with 4 names at #897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.