Kent
Kent is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 104 births. Its best rank was 136th, in 1962.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1040.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19622,588 births
- Best rank
- #136in 1962
- Since 1885
- 69,225people given the name
The story in the numbers
69,225 boys have been named Kent in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 2,588 births — 0.13% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 104 births in 2024, against 2,588 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1961, and the 1960s alone account for 28%. It has spent 97 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kent | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 31 | |
| 1900s | 55 | |
| 1910s | 388 | |
| 1920s | 1,082 | |
| 1930s | 3,123 | |
| 1940s | 8,346 | |
| 1950s | 18,691 | |
| 1960s | 19,261 | |
| 1970s | 6,729 | |
| 1980s | 4,999 | |
| 1990s | 2,902 | |
| 2000s | 1,615 | |
| 2010s | 1,425 | |
| 2020s | 573 |
In 1962, its biggest year
Kent was the 136th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1962 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Kent
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Montypeak 1961
- Douglaspeak 1957
- Randellpeak 1960
- Randelpeak 1957
- Darrellpeak 1958
- Teddpeak 1963
- Randallpeak 1960
- Kennthpeak 1960
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.