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 | |
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| 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.
Where Gentry is popular in 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#456 · 1 in 2,433
- Oklahoma#520 · 1 in 2,581
- Kentucky#618 · 1 in 4,455
- Alabama#686 · 1 in 4,621
- Indiana#795 · 1 in 6,025
Best ever in a state: #254 in Tennessee, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #456 | 6 | 1 in 2,433 |
| Oklahoma | #520 | 8 | 1 in 2,581 |
| Kentucky | #618 | 5 | 1 in 4,455 |
| Alabama | #686 | 5 | 1 in 4,621 |
| Indiana | #795 | 6 | 1 in 6,025 |
| Missouri | #848 | 5 | 1 in 6,472 |
| Texas | #893 | 24 | 1 in 7,773 |
| Illinois | #983 | 8 | 1 in 8,301 |
| North Carolina | #1,103 | 5 | 1 in 10,341 |
| Georgia | #1,203 | 5 | 1 in 11,003 |
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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 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 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 17,343 of them was named Gentry, which outranked 89.9% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,922Stacey104
- #1,922Stormy104
- #1,922Talya104
- #1,940Gentry103
- #1,940Adamaris103
- #1,940Alli103
- #1,940Arleth103
- #1,956Ansleigh102
- #1,956Aribella102
- #1,956Avril102
Tied with 15 names at #1,940; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 16,703 of them was named Gentry, which outranked 89.8% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,432Hussein116
- #1,432Kenyon116
- #1,432Kolt116
- #1,436Gentry115
- #1,436Chaz115
- #1,436Damani115
- #1,436Jakari115
- #1,442Danilo114
- #1,442Rishi114
- #1,442Thorin114
Tied with 5 names at #1,436; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.