Kentley
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- KENT-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Kentley is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Kentley come from?
Modern: blend of Kent with the -ley ending of Bentley
Is Kentley a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kentley has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Kentley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Kentley, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009. 7 boys were also named Kentley in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Kentley than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Kentley in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kentley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
Names like Kentley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee Wrenley Rynlee Kaisley Kinley Kenley Kensley Braelynn Keiry Finley Oaklynn Quinley
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Mya 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, “Kentley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kentley, updated 20 October 2026.