Kento
#7,088 most common boys' name of all time · #17,804 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1984–2025
Rank among boys
#7,088
Rank overall
#17,804 of 105,966
First appeared
1984
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
524
Since 2016
161
Peak year
2018 #3,852
Best rank
#3,303 1990
Girls
Boys
peak 28/yr
Kento first appears in 1984. 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 | #10,014 |
| 2024 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,433 |
| 2023 | — | 12 | 12 | #7,065 |
| 2022 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,460 |
| 2021 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,482 |
| 2020 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,781 |
| 2019 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,238 |
| 2018 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 2016 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,544 |
| 2015 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,974 |
| 2014 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,607 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,804 |
| 2012 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,128 |
| 2011 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,433 |
| 2010 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,387 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,603 |
| 2008 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,168 |
| 2007 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,448 |
| 2006 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,420 |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,700 |
| 2004 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,694 |
| 2002 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,057 |
| 2001 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,612 |
| 2000 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,791 |
| 1999 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,950 |
| 1998 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,351 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,935 |
| 1996 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,804 |
| 1995 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,402 |
| 1994 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,046 |
| 1993 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,945 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,166 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1990 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,680 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,294 |