Recorded 1884–2025 · United States
Gentry was most popular in 2021, when 303 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,671 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,349, with 182 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 7,064 people named Gentry.
Gentry first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1884, which makes it about 141 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 118 of the 142 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 7,064 American births named Gentry between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 6,328 are estimated to be alive today.
182 American babies were named Gentry in 2025, ranking #2,349 that year.
Gentry is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 229 births a year, against 193 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +19% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Gentry is a unisex name — 39.3% of the 7,064 Americans given it were girls and 60.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 48% girls and 52% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 6,328 Americans named Gentry are alive today — 90% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 7 and 32.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org