Bently
#2,731 most common boys' name of all time · #6,575 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1915–2025
Rank among boys
#2,731
Rank overall
#6,575 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
2,524
Since 2016
563
Peak year
2011 #574
Best rank
#574 2011
Girls
Boys
peak 450/yr
Bently first appears in 1915. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,113 |
| 2023 | — | 27 | 27 | #4,015 |
| 2022 | 5 | 44 | 49 | #2,885 |
| 2021 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,130 |
| 2020 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,737 |
| 2019 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,136 |
| 2018 | — | 71 | 71 | #2,033 |
| 2017 | 8 | 81 | 89 | #1,832 |
| 2016 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,450 |
| 2015 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,275 |
| 2014 | — | 155 | 155 | #1,192 |
| 2013 | 11 | 232 | 243 | #898 |
| 2012 | 12 | 376 | 388 | #637 |
| 2011 | 14 | 436 | 450 | #574 |
| 2010 | 17 | 359 | 376 | #668 |
| 2009 | 8 | 60 | 68 | #2,208 |
| 2008 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,806 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,653 |
| 2006 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #8,819 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,701 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,079 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,714 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,098 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,723 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,205 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,797 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 1962 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,456 |
| 1961 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,231 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,841 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,246 |
| 1958 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,167 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,043 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,687 |