Bentlee
Mostly boys · BENT-lee · English
Bentlee is a name of English origin, meaning “clearing with bent grass”. In 2025 it ranked 1,728th for boys in the US (94 babies).
What does Bentlee mean?
English: spelling of Bentley, an English place name and surname
“clearing with bent grass”
A spelling of Bentley, from English places named for a clearing where bent grass grew.
- Say it
- BENT-lee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bentlee a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Bentlee has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls and 94 boys in the US.
How popular is Bentlee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,728among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 94about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 94 boys in the US were named Bentlee, making it the 1,728th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 892nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 446 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007. 25 girls were also named Bentlee in 2025 (5,098th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Bentlee than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Bentlee in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,768 boys in the US were given Bentlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #224, up from #1,728 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 21% of the babies named Bentlee in the US were girls.
Bentlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | #1,728 |
| 2024 | 108 | #1,589 |
| 2023 | 146 | #1,309 |
| 2022 | 167 | #1,198 |
| 2021 | 196 | #1,081 |
| 2020 | 254 | #892 |
| 2019 | 265 | #845 |
| 2018 | 246 | #885 |
| 2017 | 268 | #829 |
| 2016 | 282 | #815 |
| 2015 | 319 | #755 |
| 2014 | 353 | #701 |
| 2013 | 402 | #617 |
| 2012 | 446 | #576 |
| 2011 | 368 | #636 |
| 2010 | 250 | #845 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
Nicknames for Bentlee
- Ben 122 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Bentlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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