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.

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
1900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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