Kent — #1625 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kent

The Social Security Administration has registered 69,225 babies named Kent between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kent currently holds the #1625 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 2,588 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kent performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 19,261 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Kent shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,663 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Kent in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kent 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 69,225 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.