Meaning not yet researched.
Bentley: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,649 in 2025. Its best rank was #75 in 2012.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #75 in 2012; #215 in 2025. About 92% of babies named Bentley in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#215 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2012, at #75.
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Bentley: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,649 boys in 2025. Peak: #75 in 2012 · most boys in one year: 5,895 (2012).
In 2025, 1,649 US boys were named Bentley, making it the 215th most common boys’ name of the year, down 14 places from #201 in 2024. That is 133 fewer than the 1,782 boys named Bentley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #75, reached in 2012. That year also had the most boys given the name: 5,895. For comparison, it was #92 in 2015 and #2,449 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bentley in 115 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1890 with 6 babies. In all, 63,562 US babies have been given the name, 5.6% of them girls and 94% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 45,902 babies named Bentley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 26,838 US boys were named Bentley; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 4,073. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,036 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Bentley ranked highest in West Virginia in 2025, at #39 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 5 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Bentlee (5,139 babies since 1880) and Bently (2,524 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Bentlie, Bentli and Bentlei are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Bentlie (237), Bentli (195), Bentlei (75), Byntlee (32), Bentlea (8).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Bentley in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 7 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 33 | #39 | #19 |
| Maine | 17 | #68 | #29 |
| Kentucky | 62 | #81 | #20 |
| Arkansas | 36 | #87 | #28 |
| Montana | 12 | #98 | #55 |
| Oklahoma | 44 | #102 | #50 |
| Missouri | 65 | #103 | #43 |
| Vermont | 5 | #105 | #82 |
| Ohio | 115 | #116 | #65 |
| Indiana | 68 | #116 | #43 |
| Iowa | 33 | #119 | #37 |
| Mississippi | 24 | #132 | #57 |
| Tennessee | 71 | #135 | #48 |
| Nebraska | 19 | #137 | #55 |
| South Carolina | 40 | #139 | #82 |
| Louisiana | 35 | #145 | #54 |
| Idaho | 19 | #145 | #56 |
| Wisconsin | 42 | #152 | #57 |
| Michigan | 66 | #153 | #82 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | #160 | #52 |
| Alaska | 5 | #167 | #153 |
| Georgia | 75 | #168 | #82 |
| Pennsylvania | 76 | #170 | #92 |
| Alabama | 30 | #192 | #53 |
| Kansas | 20 | #198 | #43 |
| Utah | 24 | #214 | #111 |
| Minnesota | 30 | #214 | #98 |
| North Carolina | 57 | #216 | #77 |
| South Dakota | 6 | #224 | #44 |
| Florida | 86 | #240 | #132 |
| Virginia | 34 | #252 | #101 |
| Washington | 29 | #256 | #98 |
| Nevada | 11 | #270 | #174 |
| Illinois | 38 | #287 | #112 |
| Colorado | 20 | #318 | #136 |
| Massachusetts | 17 | #320 | #173 |
| Connecticut | 9 | #327 | #137 |
| Oregon | 12 | #331 | #90 |
| New York | 50 | #352 | #170 |
| Arizona | 21 | #360 | #131 |
| Texas | 98 | #375 | #152 |
| Maryland | 13 | #392 | #120 |
| California | 47 | #615 | #255 |
| New Jersey | 10 | #664 | #346 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146 | #1,468 | 1,649 | #215 |
| 2024 | 120 | #1,700 | 1,782 | #201 |
| 2023 | 144 | #1,500 | 1,922 | #186 |
| 2022 | 130 | #1,622 | 2,197 | #172 |
| 2021 | 134 | #1,566 | 2,522 | #150 |
| 2020 | 115 | #1,746 | 2,590 | #141 |
| 2019 | 152 | #1,452 | 2,983 | #130 |
| 2018 | 144 | #1,514 | 3,279 | #121 |
| 2017 | 151 | #1,480 | 3,841 | #101 |
| 2016 | 152 | #1,498 | 4,073 | #100 |
| 2015 | 185 | #1,297 | 4,342 | #92 |
| 2014 | 178 | #1,327 | 4,785 | #89 |
| 2013 | 215 | #1,126 | 5,395 | #81 |
| 2012 | 248 | #1,021 | 5,895 | #75 |
| 2011 | 288 | #905 | 5,587 | #75 |
| 2010 | 233 | #1,064 | 3,776 | #100 |
| 2009 | 144 | #1,563 | 522 | #514 |
| 2008 | 93 | #2,158 | 217 | #936 |
| 2007 | 81 | #2,352 | 195 | #996 |
| 2006 | 76 | #2,443 | 170 | #1,054 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,905 | 130 | #1,218 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,342 | 101 | #1,404 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,743 | 81 | #1,563 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,667 | 70 | #1,682 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,375 | 74 | #1,601 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,421 | 39 | #2,432 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,251 | 43 | #2,169 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,107 | 31 | #2,655 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,035 | 34 | #2,402 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,805 | 27 | #2,755 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,149 | 30 | #2,514 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,664 | 27 | #2,693 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,655 | 26 | #2,708 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,686 | 24 | #2,845 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,424 | 26 | #2,617 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,566 | 26 | #2,558 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,844 | 34 | #2,069 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,931 | 31 | #2,039 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,963 | 27 | #2,172 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,615 | 26 | #2,168 |
| 1985 | — | — | 32 | #1,836 |
| 1984 | — | — | 18 | #2,622 |
| 1983 | — | — | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1982 | — | — | 29 | #1,893 |
| 1981 | — | — | 18 | #2,578 |
| 1980 | — | — | 22 | #2,288 |
| 1979 | — | — | 23 | #2,163 |
| 1978 | — | — | 21 | #2,208 |
| 1977 | — | — | 16 | #2,673 |
| 1976 | — | — | 22 | #2,121 |
| 1975 | — | — | 11 | #3,267 |
| 1974 | — | — | 18 | #2,285 |
| 1973 | — | — | 16 | #2,413 |
| 1972 | — | — | 17 | #2,252 |
| 1971 | — | — | 20 | #2,061 |
| 1970 | — | — | 25 | #1,748 |
| 1969 | — | — | 24 | #1,684 |
| 1968 | — | — | 21 | #1,737 |
| 1967 | — | — | 27 | #1,478 |
| 1966 | — | — | 32 | #1,347 |
| 1965 | — | — | 29 | #1,432 |
| 1964 | — | — | 50 | #1,070 |
| 1963 | — | — | 42 | #1,199 |
| 1962 | — | — | 67 | #926 |
| 1961 | — | — | 65 | #952 |
| 1960 | — | — | 44 | #1,178 |
| 1959 | — | — | 46 | #1,141 |
| 1958 | — | — | 41 | #1,205 |
| 1957 | — | — | 10 | #2,655 |
| 1956 | — | — | 18 | #1,891 |
| 1955 | — | — | 13 | #2,224 |
| 1954 | — | — | 16 | #1,964 |
| 1953 | — | — | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1952 | — | — | 17 | #1,862 |
| 1951 | — | — | 9 | #2,679 |
| 1950 | — | — | 10 | #2,449 |
| 1949 | — | — | 7 | #3,046 |
| 1948 | — | — | 14 | #2,035 |
| 1947 | — | — | 16 | #1,922 |
| 1946 | — | — | 16 | #1,822 |
| 1945 | — | — | 9 | #2,412 |
| 1944 | — | — | 14 | #1,894 |
| 1943 | — | — | 10 | #2,420 |
| 1942 | — | — | 19 | #1,633 |
| 1941 | — | — | 20 | #1,537 |
| 1940 | — | — | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1939 | — | — | 10 | #2,302 |
| 1938 | — | — | 9 | #2,496 |
| 1937 | — | — | 8 | #2,695 |
| 1936 | — | — | 13 | #1,967 |
| 1935 | — | — | 11 | #2,259 |
| 1934 | — | — | 10 | #2,408 |
| 1933 | — | — | 14 | #1,916 |
| 1932 | — | — | 10 | #2,478 |
| 1931 | — | — | 8 | #2,888 |
| 1930 | — | — | 15 | #1,973 |
| 1929 | — | — | 13 | #2,216 |
| 1928 | — | — | 7 | #3,389 |
| 1927 | — | — | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1926 | — | — | 18 | #1,848 |
| 1925 | — | — | 16 | #2,014 |
| 1924 | — | — | 16 | #2,050 |
| 1923 | — | — | 12 | #2,462 |
| 1922 | — | — | 13 | #2,352 |
| 1921 | — | — | 15 | #2,159 |
| 1920 | — | — | 11 | #2,617 |
| 1919 | — | — | 14 | #2,159 |
| 1918 | — | — | 14 | #2,172 |
| 1917 | — | — | 14 | #2,102 |
| 1916 | — | — | 15 | #1,959 |
| 1915 | — | — | 6 | #3,437 |
| 1914 | — | — | 5 | #3,304 |
| 1913 | — | — | 6 | #2,529 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,200 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #896 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).