Gentry
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Gentry is a name of English origin, meaning “people of good birth”. In 2025 it ranked 1,808th for boys in the US (88 babies).
What does Gentry mean?
English: surname and word, via Old French genterie
“people of good birth”
From an English surname and the word gentry, the landowning class ranked just below the nobility.
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Is Gentry a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Gentry has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 94 girls and 88 boys in the US.
How popular is Gentry in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,808among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 88about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 88 boys in the US were named Gentry, making it the 1,808th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,343rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 166 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884. 94 girls were also named Gentry in 2025 (2,017th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Gentry than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Gentry in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 boys in the US were given Gentry or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,485, up from #1,808 for this spelling alone.
- Gentry 88
- Jentry 12
Girls were 20% of the babies named Gentry in the US in 1969, and 52% in 2025.
Gentry in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #1,808 |
| 2024 | 107 | #1,599 |
| 2023 | 129 | #1,416 |
| 2022 | 138 | #1,353 |
| 2021 | 166 | #1,182 |
| 2020 | 133 | #1,343 |
| 2019 | 150 | #1,251 |
| 2018 | 131 | #1,357 |
| 2017 | 112 | #1,499 |
| 2016 | 97 | #1,641 |
| 2015 | 97 | #1,641 |
| 2014 | 115 | #1,436 |
| 2013 | 91 | #1,658 |
| 2012 | 90 | #1,686 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,231 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,143 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,160 |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,372 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,202 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,098 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,333 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 35 | #2,616 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 46 | #1,738 |
| 1990 | 44 | #1,775 |
| 1989 | 40 | #1,853 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 48 | #1,482 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,693 |
| 1985 | 28 | #2,018 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,268 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 35 | #1,655 |
| 1979 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 28 | #1,692 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,278 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,572 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,614 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,584 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,405 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,551 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1958 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,672 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,488 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,130 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,736 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,689 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 15 | #1,801 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,837 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,693 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,760 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,403 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
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