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.

Kente

#19,141 most common boys' name of all time · #50,184 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1977–2001

Rank among boys
#19,141
Rank overall
#50,184 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
6 of 146
All-time
55
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1977 #2,456
Best rank
#2,456 1977
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
19802000

Kente first appears in 1977. 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
2001 — 6 6 #9,692
1998 — 8 8 #7,141
1997 — 5 5 #9,796
1980 — 10 10 #4,112
1978 — 7 7 #5,010
1977 — 19 19 #2,456