Kenta
#5,878 most common boys' name of all time · #14,638 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1973–2025
Rank among boys
#5,878
Rank overall
#14,638 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
716
Since 2016
58
Peak year
1977 #1,311
Best rank
#1,311 1977
Girls
Boys
peak 48/yr
Kenta first appears in 1973. 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 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,942 |
| 2022 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,411 |
| 2020 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,164 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,129 |
| 2018 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,775 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,149 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,630 |
| 2015 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,186 |
| 2014 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,418 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,323 |
| 2012 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,417 |
| 2011 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,383 |
| 2010 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,749 |
| 2009 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,886 |
| 2008 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,587 |
| 2007 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,700 |
| 2006 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,959 |
| 2005 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,025 |
| 2004 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,675 |
| 2003 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,917 |
| 2002 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,784 |
| 2001 | — | 18 | 18 | #4,382 |
| 2000 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,482 |
| 1999 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,340 |
| 1998 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,549 |
| 1997 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,314 |
| 1996 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,943 |
| 1995 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,897 |
| 1994 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,004 |
| 1993 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,940 |
| 1992 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,647 |
| 1991 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,526 |
| 1990 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,582 |
| 1989 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,753 |
| 1988 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,838 |
| 1987 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,465 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,700 |
| 1985 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,179 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,050 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,832 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,092 |
| 1981 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,014 |
| 1980 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,083 |
| 1979 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,559 |
| 1978 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #2,467 |
| 1977 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,311 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,489 |