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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kent has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1885
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 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- North Dakota#149 · 1 in 1,003
- Nebraska#176 · 1 in 1,335
- Minnesota#199 · 1 in 2,178
- Iowa#206 · 1 in 1,967
- Utah#224 · 1 in 1,585
Best ever in a state: #24 in Utah, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #149 | 5 | 1 in 1,003 |
| Nebraska | #176 | 8 | 1 in 1,335 |
| Minnesota | #199 | 14 | 1 in 2,178 |
| Iowa | #206 | 9 | 1 in 1,967 |
| Utah | #224 | 10 | 1 in 1,585 |
| Oregon | #240 | 9 | 1 in 1,971 |
| Wisconsin | #245 | 12 | 1 in 2,700 |
| Kansas | #250 | 8 | 1 in 2,068 |
| Hawaii | #253 | 5 | 1 in 1,349 |
| Missouri | #253 | 15 | 1 in 2,383 |
| Indiana | #255 | 14 | 1 in 2,638 |
| Michigan | #272 | 23 | 1 in 2,810 |
| Colorado | #280 | 10 | 1 in 2,457 |
| Ohio | #283 | 22 | 1 in 3,467 |
| Oklahoma | #323 | 7 | 1 in 2,969 |
| Pennsylvania | #324 | 19 | 1 in 4,084 |
| Virginia | #327 | 12 | 1 in 3,286 |
| Arkansas | #338 | 5 | 1 in 2,991 |
| Kentucky | #359 | 5 | 1 in 4,777 |
| Louisiana | #362 | 12 | 1 in 2,680 |
| Massachusetts | #371 | 7 | 1 in 5,828 |
| California | #401 | 60 | 1 in 3,979 |
| Illinois | #430 | 19 | 1 in 4,300 |
| New Jersey | #444 | 9 | 1 in 5,546 |
| North Carolina | #456 | 8 | 1 in 5,190 |
| Florida | #469 | 16 | 1 in 4,970 |
| Tennessee | #477 | 5 | 1 in 6,447 |
| Arizona | #499 | 5 | 1 in 5,677 |
| Washington | #510 | 5 | 1 in 6,344 |
| Texas | #513 | 28 | 1 in 5,123 |
| Georgia | #541 | 7 | 1 in 6,508 |
| New York | #619 | 15 | 1 in 8,376 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
77 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1962 at #136 (2,587 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 101 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 101 yrs · run 1915–2003
Share of babies · boys
1 in 800
- Highest: 1 in 800 boys born in 1962 were named Kent (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 16,912 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 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 1987
boys
#414
444 births · 1 in 4,205 boys
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 4,205 of them was named Kent, which outranked 94.9% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Kent
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.