Kentavious
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ken-TAY-vee-us
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Kentavious is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
Where does Kentavious come from?
Modern: African-American coinage: Ken- + the -tavious ending of Octavius
Is Kentavious a girl's or a boy's name?
Kentavious is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kentavious in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Kentavious, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Kentavious in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kentavious in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 49 | #2,476 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 32 | #2,989 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,878 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Nicknames for Kentavious
- Ken 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kentavious
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Kyler, Kylan, Jayden, Jaylen, Killian, Ezekiel, Kyson, Keegan, Kamari, Isaias, Elias
Names related to Kentavious
More Modern names
Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Kentavious: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kentavious, updated 20 October 2026.