Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bentley*

#435 most common boys' name of all time · #954 across all names · 94% boys / 6% girls · used 1890–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#435
Rank overall
#954 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
63,562
Since 2016
28,226
Peak year
2012 #75
Best rank
#75 2011
Girls Boys peak 6,143/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Bentley first appears in 1890. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 146 1,649 1,795 #215
2024 120 1,782 1,902 #201
2023 144 1,922 2,066 #186
2022 130 2,197 2,327 #172
2021 134 2,522 2,656 #150
2020 115 2,590 2,705 #141
2019 152 2,983 3,135 #130
2018 144 3,279 3,423 #121
2017 151 3,841 3,992 #101
2016 152 4,073 4,225 #100
2015 185 4,342 4,527 #92
2014 178 4,785 4,963 #89
2013 215 5,395 5,610 #81
2012 248 5,895 6,143 #75
2011 288 5,587 5,875 #75
2010 233 3,776 4,009 #100
2009 144 522 666 #514
2008 93 217 310 #937
2007 81 195 276 #997
2006 76 170 246 #1,055
2005 56 130 186 #1,218
2004 45 101 146 #1,407
2003 37 81 118 #1,565
2002 36 70 106 #1,688
2001 40 74 114 #1,602
2000 27 39 66 #2,430
1999 20 43 63 #2,167
1998 16 31 47 #2,659
1997 20 34 54 #2,401
1996 16 27 43 #2,760
1995 10 30 40 #2,508
1994 11 27 38 #2,700
1993 8 26 34 #2,709
1992 13 24 37 #2,847
1991 8 26 34 #2,616
1990 9 26 35 #2,565
1989 8 34 42 #2,075
1988 13 31 44 #2,048
1987 6 27 33 #2,179
1986 7 26 33 #2,171
1985 — 32 32 #1,843
1984 — 18 18 #2,624
1983 — 20 20 #2,427
1982 — 29 29 #1,898
1981 — 18 18 #2,595
1980 — 22 22 #2,298
1979 — 23 23 #2,181
1978 — 21 21 #2,224
1977 — 16 16 #2,689
1976 — 22 22 #2,126
1975 — 11 11 #3,275
1974 — 18 18 #2,294
1973 — 16 16 #2,427
1972 — 17 17 #2,256
1971 — 20 20 #2,069
1970 — 25 25 #1,757
1969 — 24 24 #1,702
1968 — 21 21 #1,751
1967 — 27 27 #1,485
1966 — 32 32 #1,354
1965 — 29 29 #1,439
1964 — 50 50 #1,075
1963 — 42 42 #1,207
1962 — 67 67 #927
1961 — 65 65 #953
1960 — 44 44 #1,189
1959 — 46 46 #1,147
1958 — 41 41 #1,212
1957 — 10 10 #2,674
1956 — 18 18 #1,908
1955 — 13 13 #2,239
1954 — 16 16 #1,980
1953 — 15 15 #2,061
1952 — 17 17 #1,891
1951 — 9 9 #2,710
1950 — 10 10 #2,485
1949 — 7 7 #3,070
1948 — 14 14 #2,066
1947 — 16 16 #1,943
1946 — 16 16 #1,842
1945 — 9 9 #2,441
1944 — 14 14 #1,926
1943 — 10 10 #2,455
1942 — 19 19 #1,648
1941 — 20 20 #1,559
1940 — 14 14 #1,930
1939 — 10 10 #2,354
1938 — 9 9 #2,531
1937 — 8 8 #2,741
1936 — 13 13 #2,000
1935 — 11 11 #2,296
1934 — 10 10 #2,439
1933 — 14 14 #1,942
1932 — 10 10 #2,530
1931 — 8 8 #2,929
1930 — 15 15 #2,004
1929 — 13 13 #2,246
1928 — 7 7 #3,415
1927 — 17 17 #1,995
1926 — 18 18 #1,875
1925 — 16 16 #2,038
1924 — 16 16 #2,078
1923 — 12 12 #2,496
1922 — 13 13 #2,392
1921 — 15 15 #2,184
1920 — 11 11 #2,646
1919 — 14 14 #2,191
1918 — 14 14 #2,195
1917 — 14 14 #2,130
1916 — 15 15 #1,987
1915 — 6 6 #3,458
1914 — 5 5 #3,330
1913 — 6 6 #2,581
1911 — 9 9 #1,266
1890 — 6 6 #987