Kento
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEN-toh
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kento is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Kento come from?
Japanese: Japanese name whose meaning depends on the kanji
Is Kento a girl's or a boy's name?
Kento 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 Kento in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Kento, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had fewer boys named Kento than any year since 2003.
Half of all the boys named Kento in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kento in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
Names like Kento
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo, Kenzo, Hiro, Tru, Mikko, Kaito, Kota, Kato, Kaizen, Yitzchok, Zuko, Dakota
Names related to Kento
More Japanese names
Kobe, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya, Aizen
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, “Kento: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kento, updated 20 October 2026.