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Kent: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 101 in 2025. Its best rank was #136 in 1962.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #136 in 1962; #1,659 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Kent in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,659 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1962, at #136.
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Kent: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 101 boys in 2025. Peak: #136 in 1962 · most boys in one year: 2,587 (1962).
In 2025, 101 US boys were named Kent, making it the 1,659th most common boys’ name of the year, down 23 places from #1,636 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 104 boys named Kent in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #136, reached in 1962. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,587. For comparison, it was #1,184 in 2015 and #180 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Kent in 129 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 5 babies. In all, 69,493 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 19,333 babies named Kent.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,257 US boys were named Kent; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 164. In 2025 that was about 1 in 16,912 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Kent ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #1,341 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Kennth (2,003 babies since 1880) and Keonte (1,578 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Keante, Kinte and Kente are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ken, Kendrick and Kenny.
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.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English, Swedish and Turkish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Keante (226), Kinte (225), Kente (55), Keunte (14).
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,341 | — |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,382 | #1,308 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,394 | #1,139 |
| Texas | 10 | #1,707 | #1,331 |
| California | 9 | #1,757 | #927 |
| New York | 5 | #1,907 | #1,199 |
| Florida | 5 | #1,978 | #1,235 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 101 | #1,659 |
| 2024 | — | — | 104 | #1,636 |
| 2023 | — | — | 102 | #1,676 |
| 2022 | — | — | 116 | #1,545 |
| 2021 | — | — | 130 | #1,415 |
| 2020 | — | — | 121 | #1,432 |
| 2019 | — | — | 122 | #1,438 |
| 2018 | — | — | 157 | #1,201 |
| 2017 | — | — | 140 | #1,297 |
| 2016 | — | — | 164 | #1,164 |
| 2015 | — | — | 157 | #1,184 |
| 2014 | — | — | 149 | #1,227 |
| 2013 | — | — | 161 | #1,132 |
| 2012 | — | — | 114 | #1,453 |
| 2011 | — | — | 132 | #1,300 |
| 2010 | — | — | 129 | #1,329 |
| 2009 | — | — | 122 | #1,400 |
| 2008 | — | — | 140 | #1,246 |
| 2007 | — | — | 148 | #1,191 |
| 2006 | — | — | 139 | #1,209 |
| 2005 | — | — | 154 | #1,074 |
| 2004 | — | — | 159 | #1,032 |
| 2003 | — | — | 192 | #883 |
| 2002 | — | — | 169 | #950 |
| 2001 | — | — | 177 | #895 |
| 2000 | — | — | 215 | #774 |
| 1999 | — | — | 191 | #803 |
| 1998 | — | — | 228 | #723 |
| 1997 | — | — | 239 | #680 |
| 1996 | — | — | 257 | #652 |
| 1995 | — | — | 227 | #705 |
| 1994 | — | — | 301 | #599 |
| 1993 | — | — | 331 | #561 |
| 1992 | — | — | 369 | #527 |
| 1991 | — | — | 365 | #527 |
| 1990 | — | — | 394 | #488 |
| 1989 | — | — | 438 | #448 |
| 1988 | — | — | 461 | #420 |
| 1987 | — | — | 444 | #415 |
| 1986 | — | — | 465 | #392 |
| 1985 | — | — | 532 | #350 |
| 1984 | 5 | #11,225 | 549 | #341 |
| 1983 | 5 | #11,073 | 556 | #334 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,789 | 559 | #337 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,200 | 498 | #354 |
| 1980 | — | — | 497 | #357 |
| 1979 | — | — | 482 | #363 |
| 1978 | — | — | 499 | #345 |
| 1977 | — | — | 487 | #357 |
| 1976 | — | — | 508 | #338 |
| 1975 | — | — | 501 | #341 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,396 | 582 | #313 |
| 1973 | — | — | 728 | #263 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,865 | 786 | #254 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,293 | 1,002 | #236 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,485 | 1,153 | #216 |
| 1969 | — | — | 1,225 | #203 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,601 | 1,219 | #194 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,444 | 1,394 | #181 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,833 | 1,572 | #172 |
| 1965 | 8 | #5,046 | 1,846 | #161 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,213 | 2,246 | #146 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,696 | 2,398 | #141 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,036 | 2,587 | #136 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,127 | 2,374 | #147 |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,018 | 2,397 | #148 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,816 | 2,466 | #141 |
| 1958 | — | — | 2,405 | #144 |
| 1957 | — | — | 2,296 | #150 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,419 | 2,137 | #149 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,512 | 1,856 | #156 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,124 | 1,721 | #167 |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,095 | 1,636 | #166 |
| 1952 | — | — | 1,618 | #164 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,139 | 1,323 | #182 |
| 1950 | — | — | 1,233 | #180 |
| 1949 | — | — | 1,071 | #194 |
| 1948 | — | — | 1,027 | #194 |
| 1947 | — | — | 1,120 | #182 |
| 1946 | — | — | 888 | #195 |
| 1945 | — | — | 715 | #202 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,912 | 741 | #202 |
| 1943 | — | — | 813 | #198 |
| 1942 | — | — | 717 | #210 |
| 1941 | — | — | 676 | #202 |
| 1940 | — | — | 578 | #216 |
| 1939 | — | — | 495 | #234 |
| 1938 | — | — | 435 | #265 |
| 1937 | — | — | 405 | #272 |
| 1936 | — | — | 437 | #255 |
| 1935 | — | — | 351 | #290 |
| 1934 | — | — | 249 | #349 |
| 1933 | — | — | 197 | #388 |
| 1932 | — | — | 209 | #387 |
| 1931 | — | — | 179 | #422 |
| 1930 | — | — | 166 | #460 |
| 1929 | — | — | 138 | #501 |
| 1928 | — | — | 128 | #540 |
| 1927 | — | — | 124 | #555 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,251 | 123 | #549 |
| 1925 | — | — | 121 | #563 |
| 1924 | — | — | 89 | #694 |
| 1923 | — | — | 99 | #648 |
| 1922 | — | — | 98 | #650 |
| 1921 | — | — | 71 | #808 |
| 1920 | — | — | 91 | #670 |
| 1919 | — | — | 63 | #826 |
| 1918 | — | — | 53 | #913 |
| 1917 | — | — | 56 | #857 |
| 1916 | — | — | 59 | #805 |
| 1915 | — | — | 46 | #921 |
| 1914 | — | — | 25 | #1,176 |
| 1913 | — | — | 35 | #813 |
| 1912 | — | — | 22 | #980 |
| 1911 | — | — | 18 | #778 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,014 |
| 1909 | — | — | 13 | #821 |
| 1908 | — | — | 10 | #918 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,052 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,187 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #963 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | #1,086 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,412 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,138 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #1,032 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,175 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #800 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #807 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,020 |
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).