Gentle — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gentle

The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Gentle between 1913 and 1968, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gentle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gentle performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gentle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gentle in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 201 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.