Kenta
- Last seen for girls in 1978 at #9,750
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Given to boys 99.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 48 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 711since 1973
Kenta over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kenta has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,066 | 11 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,307 | 13 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,640 | 20 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,865 | 18 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,520 | 11 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,815 | 16 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,703 | 16 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,302 | 18 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,389 | 17 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,279 | 24 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,486 | 21 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,261 | 22 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,830 | 17 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,951 | 24 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,819 | 16 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,599 | 27 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,469 | 28 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,765 | 20 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,898 | 15 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,965 | 15 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | — | #1,289 | 48 | |
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| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five boys were named Kenta! It came in at #4,054, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1974–1976, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kenta is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kenta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kenta
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,680 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #9,714)
- 2,648 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 1977 at #1,289 (48 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34,234
- Highest: 1 in 34,234 boys born in 1977 were named Kenta (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 30.4% of all boys named Kenta (216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 93 | #1,289 (1977) | #2,546 |
| 1980s | 120 | #2,765 (1988) | #3,970 |
| 1990s | 216 | #2,469 (1991) | #3,295 |
| 2000s | 155 | #4,302 (2001) | #5,329 |
| 2010s | 98 | #6,256 (2011) | #8,111 |
| 2020s | 29 | #7,034 (2020) | #8,003 |
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.
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