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

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Peak · boys
#574
2011 · 436 births
Debut · boys
1915
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,443
since 1915

Bently over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bently has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #574, 2011boys
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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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2025—#5,04519
2024—#3,10439
2023—#4,00227
2022#15,3065#2,87344
2021—#3,12138
2020—#2,72845
2019—#2,12967
2018—#2,02971
2017#11,6158#1,82981
2016—#1,450119
2015—#1,271141
2014—#1,188155
2013#9,61211#897232
2012#9,10912#637376
2011#8,19614#574436
2010#7,21717#667359
2009#12,4298#2,20360
2008—#5,76715
2007—#7,59010
2006#15,1526#8,7328
2005—#6,63411
2004—#9,9486
2003—#9,5816
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First appearance
1915

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 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedINOhio: #1,215 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,462 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Bently, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Ohio#1,215 · 1 in 11,462

Best ever in a state: #179 in North Dakota, 2010.

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See more about Bently
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
96 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 2011 at #574 (436 births)
  • Births halved by 2014, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2010–2013
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,356
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 83.4% of all boys named Bently (2,037) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,392 (1915)#3,392
1920s6#3,780 (1927)#3,780
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1950s13#3,033 (1958)#3,511
1960s37#2,364 (1962)#3,355
1970s5#4,986 (1972)#4,986
1980s5#6,523 (1985)#6,523
1990s6#7,971 (1996)#7,971
2000s116#2,203 (2009)#7,208
2010s2,037#574 (2011)#1,267
2020s212#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 2018

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#2,029
71 births · 1 in 25,580 boys

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #2,029Bently71
More about 2018

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 25,580 of them was named Bently, which outranked 85.6% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bently
  1. #2,017Said72
  2. #2,017Shia72
  3. #2,017Ulices72
  4. #2,029Bently71
  5. #2,029Abdallah71
  6. #2,029Alder71
  7. #2,029Aslan71
  8. #2,046Ahaan70
  9. #2,046Amere70
  10. #2,046Ames70

Tied with 16 names at #2,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

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

See the top 100 for 2018 →