Kent
Boy
Kent is a boys' name, meaning “gathering, folkmoot, hillock”. In 2025 it ranked 1,654th for boys in the US (101 babies).
What does Kent mean?
“gathering, folkmoot, hillock”
A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kent a girl's or a boy's name?
Kent is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 101 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kent in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kent in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Kent in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Kent in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,654among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 101about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 101 boys in the US were named Kent, making it the 1,654th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,423rd. Its busiest year was 1962, with 2,587 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
2025 had fewer boys named Kent than any year since 1924.
Half of all the boys named Kent in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kent in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #1,654 |
| 2024 | 104 | #1,631 |
| 2023 | 102 | #1,668 |
| 2022 | 116 | #1,540 |
| 2021 | 130 | #1,407 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1,423 |
| 2019 | 122 | #1,432 |
| 2018 | 157 | #1,199 |
| 2017 | 140 | #1,293 |
| 2016 | 164 | #1,164 |
| 2015 | 157 | #1,182 |
| 2014 | 149 | #1,225 |
| 2013 | 161 | #1,128 |
| 2012 | 114 | #1,448 |
| 2011 | 132 | #1,296 |
| 2010 | 129 | #1,323 |
| 2009 | 122 | #1,390 |
| 2008 | 140 | #1,240 |
| 2007 | 148 | #1,188 |
| 2006 | 139 | #1,202 |
| 2005 | 154 | #1,072 |
| 2004 | 159 | #1,028 |
| 2003 | 192 | #882 |
| 2002 | 169 | #947 |
| 2001 | 177 | #890 |
| 2000 | 215 | #771 |
| 1999 | 191 | #797 |
| 1998 | 228 | #722 |
| 1997 | 239 | #679 |
| 1996 | 257 | #649 |
| 1995 | 227 | #699 |
| 1994 | 301 | #596 |
| 1993 | 331 | #559 |
| 1992 | 369 | #527 |
| 1991 | 365 | #526 |
| 1990 | 394 | #487 |
| 1989 | 438 | #448 |
| 1988 | 461 | #420 |
| 1987 | 444 | #414 |
| 1986 | 465 | #392 |
| 1985 | 532 | #349 |
| 1984 | 549 | #341 |
| 1983 | 556 | #334 |
| 1982 | 559 | #337 |
| 1981 | 498 | #353 |
| 1980 | 497 | #356 |
| 1979 | 482 | #363 |
| 1978 | 499 | #345 |
| 1977 | 487 | #357 |
| 1976 | 508 | #338 |
| 1975 | 501 | #340 |
| 1974 | 582 | #313 |
| 1973 | 728 | #263 |
| 1972 | 786 | #254 |
| 1971 | 1,002 | #235 |
| 1970 | 1,153 | #216 |
| 1969 | 1,225 | #203 |
| 1968 | 1,219 | #194 |
| 1967 | 1,394 | #181 |
| 1966 | 1,572 | #172 |
| 1965 | 1,846 | #161 |
| 1964 | 2,246 | #146 |
| 1963 | 2,398 | #141 |
| 1962 | 2,587 | #136 |
| 1961 | 2,374 | #147 |
| 1960 | 2,397 | #148 |
| 1959 | 2,466 | #141 |
| 1958 | 2,405 | #144 |
| 1957 | 2,296 | #150 |
| 1956 | 2,137 | #149 |
| 1955 | 1,856 | #156 |
| 1954 | 1,721 | #167 |
| 1953 | 1,636 | #166 |
| 1952 | 1,618 | #164 |
| 1951 | 1,323 | #181 |
| 1950 | 1,233 | #180 |
| 1949 | 1,071 | #194 |
| 1948 | 1,027 | #193 |
| 1947 | 1,120 | #182 |
| 1946 | 888 | #195 |
| 1945 | 715 | #202 |
| 1944 | 741 | #201 |
| 1943 | 813 | #198 |
| 1942 | 717 | #210 |
| 1941 | 676 | #202 |
| 1940 | 578 | #216 |
| 1939 | 495 | #234 |
| 1938 | 435 | #264 |
| 1937 | 405 | #272 |
| 1936 | 437 | #254 |
| 1935 | 351 | #289 |
| 1934 | 249 | #349 |
| 1933 | 197 | #388 |
| 1932 | 209 | #386 |
| 1931 | 179 | #422 |
| 1930 | 166 | #459 |
| 1929 | 138 | #499 |
| 1928 | 128 | #537 |
| 1927 | 124 | #553 |
| 1926 | 123 | #548 |
| 1925 | 121 | #562 |
| 1924 | 89 | #691 |
| 1923 | 99 | #644 |
| 1922 | 98 | #648 |
| 1921 | 71 | #804 |
| 1920 | 91 | #667 |
| 1919 | 63 | #822 |
| 1918 | 53 | #909 |
| 1917 | 56 | #855 |
| 1916 | 59 | #803 |
| 1915 | 46 | #916 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 1913 | 35 | #806 |
| 1912 | 22 | #970 |
| 1911 | 18 | #758 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 13 | #804 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
Names like Kent
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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