Kentaro
#8,951 most common boys' name of all time · #22,623 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1974–2019
Rank among boys
#8,951
Rank overall
#22,623 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
346
Since 2016
15
Peak year
1995 #3,639
Best rank
#3,639 1995
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Kentaro first appears in 1974. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,591 |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,593 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,654 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,058 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,986 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,753 |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,344 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,244 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,915 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,276 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,624 |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,580 |
| 2004 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,124 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,130 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,721 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,826 |
| 2000 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,672 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,102 |
| 1998 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,019 |
| 1997 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,576 |
| 1996 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,316 |
| 1995 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,639 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,335 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,202 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,864 |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,333 |
| 1990 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1988 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,672 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,564 |
| 1986 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,180 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,584 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,388 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,445 |
| 1981 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,444 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,421 |
| 1978 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,116 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,923 |