Boys' name · since 1978
Kentae
Kentae has 26 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 26
- total births
- 1978–2013
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
Kentae sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 26 recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Kentae recorded 26 times among boys since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2013.
- 26 total births
- 1978–2013 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 42% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kentae's 26 recorded births place it above 40% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kentae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kentae splits its recorded history at 1999: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kentae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2013
- Peak year (1994)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Kentae by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kentae's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Kentae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 11 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Kentae's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1978–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kentae: Baby Name Since 1978 - 26 Births, Peak 1994." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kentae. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kentae 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 July 2026.