Kent
#411 most common boys' name of all time · #895 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1885–2025
Rank among boys
#411
Rank overall
#895 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
69,493
Since 2016
1,257
Peak year
1962 #136
Best rank
#136 1962
Girls
Boys
peak 2,592/yr
Kent first appears in 1885. 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 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,656 |
| 2024 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,632 |
| 2023 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,668 |
| 2022 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,542 |
| 2021 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,411 |
| 2020 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,426 |
| 2019 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,432 |
| 2018 | — | 157 | 157 | #1,199 |
| 2017 | — | 140 | 140 | #1,294 |
| 2016 | — | 164 | 164 | #1,164 |
| 2015 | — | 157 | 157 | #1,182 |
| 2014 | — | 149 | 149 | #1,225 |
| 2013 | — | 161 | 161 | #1,128 |
| 2012 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,452 |
| 2011 | — | 132 | 132 | #1,297 |
| 2010 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,325 |
| 2009 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,392 |
| 2008 | — | 140 | 140 | #1,242 |
| 2007 | — | 148 | 148 | #1,189 |
| 2006 | — | 139 | 139 | #1,205 |
| 2005 | — | 154 | 154 | #1,073 |
| 2004 | — | 159 | 159 | #1,030 |
| 2003 | — | 192 | 192 | #883 |
| 2002 | — | 169 | 169 | #950 |
| 2001 | — | 177 | 177 | #892 |
| 2000 | — | 215 | 215 | #775 |
| 1999 | — | 191 | 191 | #801 |
| 1998 | — | 228 | 228 | #722 |
| 1997 | — | 239 | 239 | #680 |
| 1996 | — | 257 | 257 | #652 |
| 1995 | — | 227 | 227 | #703 |
| 1994 | — | 301 | 301 | #598 |
| 1993 | — | 331 | 331 | #559 |
| 1992 | — | 369 | 369 | #527 |
| 1991 | — | 365 | 365 | #527 |
| 1990 | — | 394 | 394 | #489 |
| 1989 | — | 438 | 438 | #449 |
| 1988 | — | 461 | 461 | #420 |
| 1987 | — | 444 | 444 | #415 |
| 1986 | — | 465 | 465 | #392 |
| 1985 | — | 532 | 532 | #350 |
| 1984 | 5 | 549 | 554 | #341 |
| 1983 | 5 | 556 | 561 | #334 |
| 1982 | 6 | 559 | 565 | #337 |
| 1981 | 5 | 498 | 503 | #353 |
| 1980 | — | 497 | 497 | #357 |
| 1979 | — | 482 | 482 | #363 |
| 1978 | — | 499 | 499 | #345 |
| 1977 | — | 487 | 487 | #357 |
| 1976 | — | 508 | 508 | #338 |
| 1975 | — | 501 | 501 | #342 |
| 1974 | 5 | 582 | 587 | #314 |
| 1973 | — | 728 | 728 | #263 |
| 1972 | 5 | 786 | 791 | #254 |
| 1971 | 10 | 1,002 | 1,012 | #235 |
| 1970 | 6 | 1,153 | 1,159 | #216 |
| 1969 | — | 1,225 | 1,225 | #203 |
| 1968 | 6 | 1,219 | 1,225 | #194 |
| 1967 | 10 | 1,394 | 1,404 | #181 |
| 1966 | 12 | 1,572 | 1,584 | #172 |
| 1965 | 8 | 1,846 | 1,854 | #161 |
| 1964 | 8 | 2,246 | 2,254 | #146 |
| 1963 | 9 | 2,398 | 2,407 | #141 |
| 1962 | 5 | 2,587 | 2,592 | #136 |
| 1961 | 11 | 2,374 | 2,385 | #147 |
| 1960 | 6 | 2,397 | 2,403 | #148 |
| 1959 | 8 | 2,466 | 2,474 | #141 |
| 1958 | — | 2,405 | 2,405 | #144 |
| 1957 | — | 2,296 | 2,296 | #150 |
| 1956 | 5 | 2,137 | 2,142 | #149 |
| 1955 | 6 | 1,856 | 1,862 | #156 |
| 1954 | 9 | 1,721 | 1,730 | #167 |
| 1953 | 5 | 1,636 | 1,641 | #166 |
| 1952 | — | 1,618 | 1,618 | #164 |
| 1951 | 6 | 1,323 | 1,329 | #182 |
| 1950 | — | 1,233 | 1,233 | #180 |
| 1949 | — | 1,071 | 1,071 | #194 |
| 1948 | — | 1,027 | 1,027 | #194 |
| 1947 | — | 1,120 | 1,120 | #182 |
| 1946 | — | 888 | 888 | #195 |
| 1945 | — | 715 | 715 | #202 |
| 1944 | 5 | 741 | 746 | #202 |
| 1943 | — | 813 | 813 | #198 |
| 1942 | — | 717 | 717 | #210 |
| 1941 | — | 676 | 676 | #202 |
| 1940 | — | 578 | 578 | #216 |
| 1939 | — | 495 | 495 | #235 |
| 1938 | — | 435 | 435 | #265 |
| 1937 | — | 405 | 405 | #272 |
| 1936 | — | 437 | 437 | #255 |
| 1935 | — | 351 | 351 | #290 |
| 1934 | — | 249 | 249 | #349 |
| 1933 | — | 197 | 197 | #388 |
| 1932 | — | 209 | 209 | #387 |
| 1931 | — | 179 | 179 | #423 |
| 1930 | — | 166 | 166 | #459 |
| 1929 | — | 138 | 138 | #503 |
| 1928 | — | 128 | 128 | #541 |
| 1927 | — | 124 | 124 | #556 |
| 1926 | 5 | 123 | 128 | #550 |
| 1925 | — | 121 | 121 | #565 |
| 1924 | — | 89 | 89 | #695 |
| 1923 | — | 99 | 99 | #649 |
| 1922 | — | 98 | 98 | #649 |
| 1921 | — | 71 | 71 | #810 |
| 1920 | — | 91 | 91 | #672 |
| 1919 | — | 63 | 63 | #828 |
| 1918 | — | 53 | 53 | #911 |
| 1917 | — | 56 | 56 | #859 |
| 1916 | — | 59 | 59 | #808 |
| 1915 | — | 46 | 46 | #922 |
| 1914 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,173 |
| 1913 | — | 35 | 35 | #813 |
| 1912 | — | 22 | 22 | #990 |
| 1911 | — | 18 | 18 | #783 |
| 1910 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,027 |
| 1909 | — | 13 | 13 | #832 |
| 1908 | — | 10 | 10 | #928 |
| 1907 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,065 |
| 1906 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1903 | — | 7 | 7 | #990 |
| 1902 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,105 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,422 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,152 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,049 |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,189 |
| 1893 | — | 8 | 8 | #829 |
| 1891 | — | 7 | 7 | #834 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,077 |