Boys' name · since 1977
Kente
55 babies named Kente in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 55
- total births
- 1977–2001
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
55 boys have been named Kente since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kente has 55 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2001.
- 55 total births
- 1977–2001 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kente's 55 recorded births place it above 53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kente's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kente's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 35% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 65%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kente popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2001
- Peak year (1977)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kente by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kente's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Kente births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
26 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 26 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kente's data
- Kente's decade-level peak was the 1970s (26 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1977–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kente: Baby Name Since 1977 - 55 Births, Peak 1977." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kente. 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 Kente 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.