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Kentrell

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Kentrell is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 103 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1030.01% of boys
Peak year
2019164 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1971
4,180people given the name
Babies named Kentrell, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

4,180 boys have been named Kentrell in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 164 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 28%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Kentrell
1970s140
1980s513
1990s837
2000s1,172
2010s881
2020s637

In 2019, its biggest year

Kentrell was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.

Names that rose and fell with Kentrell

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.