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.

Gentry**

#1,411 most common boys' name of all time · #3,408 across all names · 61% boys / 39% girls · used 1884–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,411
Rank overall
#3,408 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
7,064
Since 2016
2,391
Peak year
2021 #1,182
Best rank
#1,076 1908
Girls Boys peak 303/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Gentry first appears in 1884. 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 94 88 182 #1,809
2024 73 107 180 #1,600
2023 98 129 227 #1,416
2022 117 138 255 #1,354
2021 137 166 303 #1,182
2020 123 133 256 #1,344
2019 128 150 278 #1,252
2018 151 131 282 #1,357
2017 109 112 221 #1,499
2016 110 97 207 #1,643
2015 112 97 209 #1,641
2014 103 115 218 #1,436
2013 104 91 195 #1,661
2012 127 90 217 #1,690
2011 67 58 125 #2,234
2010 73 62 135 #2,146
2009 52 57 109 #2,292
2008 65 62 127 #2,162
2007 65 54 119 #2,375
2006 38 39 77 #2,882
2005 38 54 92 #2,209
2004 28 47 75 #2,380
2003 39 53 92 #2,105
2002 31 44 75 #2,340
2001 29 61 90 #1,820
2000 25 35 60 #2,626
1999 35 43 78 #2,166
1998 34 24 58 #3,208
1997 30 31 61 #2,553
1996 24 34 58 #2,339
1995 28 33 61 #2,356
1994 33 43 76 #1,939
1993 27 40 67 #2,011
1992 29 42 71 #1,919
1991 23 46 69 #1,748
1990 20 44 64 #1,786
1989 24 40 64 #1,861
1988 23 31 54 #2,043
1987 25 48 73 #1,485
1986 23 37 60 #1,701
1985 24 28 52 #2,031
1984 29 24 53 #2,172
1983 17 26 43 #2,030
1982 24 22 46 #2,292
1981 23 28 51 #1,951
1980 26 35 61 #1,661
1979 13 40 53 #1,493
1978 20 31 51 #1,729
1977 11 26 37 #1,913
1976 13 20 33 #2,263
1975 7 27 34 #1,797
1974 5 28 33 #1,705
1973 8 27 35 #1,705
1972 8 24 32 #1,835
1971 7 35 42 #1,449
1970 12 42 54 #1,285
1969 6 24 30 #1,697
1968 — 27 27 #1,521
1967 — 24 24 #1,582
1966 — 19 19 #1,776
1965 — 14 14 #2,202
1964 — 24 24 #1,621
1963 — 25 25 #1,599
1962 — 16 16 #2,052
1961 — 32 32 #1,418
1960 — 27 27 #1,558
1959 — 18 18 #1,933
1958 — 20 20 #1,787
1957 — 23 23 #1,682
1956 — 18 18 #1,903
1955 — 12 12 #2,337
1954 — 23 23 #1,607
1953 — 14 14 #2,120
1952 — 14 14 #2,096
1951 — 25 25 #1,498
1950 — 8 8 #2,821
1949 — 15 15 #1,969
1948 — 9 9 #2,638
1947 — 18 18 #1,813
1946 — 15 15 #1,905
1945 5 11 16 #2,159
1944 — 13 13 #2,021
1943 — 16 16 #1,860
1942 — 14 14 #1,975
1941 — 15 15 #1,854
1940 — 16 16 #1,762
1939 — 12 12 #2,083
1938 — 17 17 #1,712
1937 — 11 11 #2,226
1936 — 15 15 #1,820
1935 — 15 15 #1,868
1934 5 13 18 #2,044
1933 — 10 10 #2,403
1932 — 12 12 #2,224
1931 — 18 18 #1,722
1930 — 19 19 #1,716
1929 — 19 19 #1,750
1928 — 19 19 #1,778
1927 — 18 18 #1,897
1926 — 25 25 #1,482
1925 — 11 11 #2,621
1924 — 14 14 #2,260
1923 — 21 21 #1,718
1922 — 16 16 #2,073
1921 — 23 23 #1,612
1920 — 15 15 #2,155
1919 — 16 16 #2,010
1918 — 26 26 #1,420
1917 — 16 16 #1,928
1916 — 13 13 #2,176
1915 — 17 17 #1,730
1914 — 12 12 #1,896
1913 — 10 10 #1,854
1912 — 12 12 #1,465
1911 — 6 6 #1,621
1909 — 5 5 #1,546
1908 — 8 8 #1,076
1884 — 5 5 #1,093