Gentry
Gentry is given to both girls and boys: 94 girls and 88 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,025 among girls’ names and #1,813 among boys’, #2,352 among all names counting both); 7,064 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Gentry every year since 2025.
An estimated 6,300 Americans named Gentry and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 14 years old and half are between 7 and 32.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Gentry by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Gentry?
#1,813 among boys’ names, 2025
Gentry fell from #1,644 in 2015 to #1,813 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 50.6 to 51.5 per million.
303 babies in 2021, the peak
Gentry peaked in 2021, when 303 babies were given it (166 boys, #1,185 among boys’ names). The 182 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 60% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #2,025 | 88 | #1,813 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,472 | 107 | #1,603 |
| 2023 | 98 | #2,005 | 129 | #1,418 |
| 2022 | 117 | #1,767 | 138 | #1,355 |
| 2021 | 137 | #1,536 | 166 | #1,185 |
| 2020 | 123 | #1,669 | 133 | #1,345 |
| 2019 | 128 | #1,648 | 150 | #1,253 |
| 2018 | 151 | #1,454 | 131 | #1,358 |
| 2017 | 109 | #1,867 | 112 | #1,500 |
| 2016 | 110 | #1,869 | 97 | #1,647 |
Every recorded year (118)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 112 | #1,843 | 97 | #1,644 |
| 2014 | 103 | #1,945 | 115 | #1,438 |
| 2013 | 104 | #1,921 | 91 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 127 | #1,675 | 90 | #1,689 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,644 | 58 | #2,241 |
| 2010 | 73 | #2,523 | 62 | #2,155 |
| 2009 | 52 | #3,211 | 57 | #2,300 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,781 | 62 | #2,167 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,801 | 54 | #2,389 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,949 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,823 | 54 | #2,212 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,750 | 47 | #2,384 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,615 | 53 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,100 | 44 | #2,343 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,247 | 61 | #1,823 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,696 | 35 | #2,637 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,525 | 43 | #2,177 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,512 | 24 | #3,220 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,740 | 31 | #2,565 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,346 | 34 | #2,346 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,807 | 33 | #2,365 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,384 | 43 | #1,937 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,903 | 40 | #2,020 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,704 | 42 | #1,931 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,375 | 46 | #1,745 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,741 | 44 | #1,783 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,041 | 40 | #1,865 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,930 | 31 | #2,051 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,547 | 48 | #1,489 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,675 | 37 | #1,702 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,550 | 28 | #2,035 |
| 1984 | 29 | #3,008 | 24 | #2,193 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,332 | 26 | #2,040 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,448 | 22 | #2,294 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,555 | 28 | #1,962 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,244 | 35 | #1,669 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,193 | 40 | #1,498 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,674 | 31 | #1,735 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,620 | 26 | #1,922 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,706 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,408 | 27 | #1,803 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,209 | 28 | #1,719 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,263 | 27 | #1,712 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,138 | 24 | #1,842 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,838 | 35 | #1,449 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,583 | 42 | #1,284 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,903 | 24 | #1,700 |
| 1968 | under 5 | 27 | #1,524 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 24 | #1,583 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 19 | #1,778 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 14 | #2,209 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 24 | #1,628 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 25 | #1,602 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 16 | #2,068 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 32 | #1,416 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 27 | #1,562 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 18 | #1,933 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 20 | #1,790 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 23 | #1,691 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 18 | #1,905 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 12 | #2,350 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 23 | #1,606 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 14 | #2,134 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 14 | #2,106 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 25 | #1,498 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 8 | #2,863 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 15 | #1,972 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 9 | #2,674 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 18 | #1,809 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 15 | #1,909 | |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,803 | 11 | #2,169 |
| 1944 | under 5 | 13 | #2,027 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 16 | #1,861 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 14 | #1,983 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 15 | #1,846 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 16 | #1,755 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 12 | #2,102 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 17 | #1,712 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 11 | #2,252 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 15 | #1,836 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 15 | #1,868 | |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,534 | 13 | #2,057 |
| 1933 | under 5 | 10 | #2,430 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 12 | #2,239 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 18 | #1,730 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 19 | #1,717 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 19 | #1,751 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 19 | #1,785 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 18 | #1,904 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 25 | #1,486 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 11 | #2,647 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 14 | #2,282 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 21 | #1,715 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 16 | #2,081 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 23 | #1,603 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 15 | #2,169 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 16 | #2,005 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 26 | #1,419 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 16 | #1,928 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 13 | #2,191 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 17 | #1,731 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 12 | #1,902 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 10 | #1,854 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 12 | #1,456 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 6 | #1,612 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 5 | #1,545 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 8 | #1,052 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 5 | #1,031 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Gentry a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 7,064 Americans recorded as Gentry, 39% are girls and 61% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Gentry: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Gentry, and how old are they?
6,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 7,064 Americans ever recorded as Gentry. The median Gentry alive today is 14 years old; half are between 7 and 32.
The 2020 Census counted 4,693 people named Gentry (2,078 women and girls, 2,615 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,081 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 52 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 242 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 521 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 924 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,570 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,990 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Gentry born?
The states with the most babies named Gentry are Texas, Georgia and Oklahoma, with 55% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Oklahoma is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 25 | #1,316 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 14 | #1,265 | 0.5× |
| Oklahoma | 9 | not ranked | 3.2× |
| Missouri | 8 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,069 | 0.5× |
| Kentucky | 7 | #584 | 0.6× |
| Kansas | 6 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| South Carolina | 6 | #692 | 0.2× |
| Mississippi | 5 | #557 | 0.2× |
Where Gentry is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Gentry is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 3.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Gentry with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Gentry
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Gentry and names like it
- Compare Gentry and ElliotBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sGentry peaked in 2021.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Gentry since 1910.
- The top names of 2021The year the most babies were named Gentry.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Gentry alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with GMost given first.