Bently
Boy · BENT-lee · English
Bently is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “clearing with bent grass”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Bently mean?
English: spelling of Bentley, an English place name and surname
“clearing with bent grass”
Bentley comes from English place names meaning 'clearing where bent grass grows'; it is also a British luxury car brand.
- Say it
- BENT-lee
Is Bently a girl's or a boy's name?
Bently is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bently in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Bently, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,727th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 436 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer boys named Bently than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Bently in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,768 boys in the US were given Bently or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #224, up from #5,044 for this spelling alone.
Bently in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,103 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 45 | #2,727 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,028 |
| 2017 | 81 | #1,829 |
| 2016 | 119 | #1,450 |
| 2015 | 141 | #1,271 |
| 2014 | 155 | #1,188 |
| 2013 | 232 | #897 |
| 2012 | 376 | #637 |
| 2011 | 436 | #574 |
| 2010 | 359 | #667 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
Nicknames for Bently
- Ben 122 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Bently
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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