Kenta
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kenta is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Kenta mean?
Japanese
A male given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kenta a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenta is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kenta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Kenta, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Kenta in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenta in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 48 | #1,289 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
Names like Kenta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Dakota Kody Kian Brayden Kayden Brody Kenan Aiden Keaton Kylan Koda
Names related to Kenta
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Kenzo Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kenta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenta, updated 20 October 2026.