Boys' name · since 1915
Gent
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 40 babies named Gent, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,695 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
40 boys have been named Gent since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Gent has 40 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2023.
- #23,695 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 40 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gent ranks #23,695 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,695 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gent's 40 recorded births place it above 47.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gent's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gent's full recorded timeline at 2013, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gent popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2023
- Peak year (2005)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Gent by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Gent's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Gent births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Gent's decade-level peak was the 2010s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gent: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~108 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gent draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.