Recorded 1885–2025 · United States
Kent was most popular in 1962, when 2,592 American babies were given the name — ranking #294 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,508, with 101 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 69,493 people named Kent.
Kent first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1885, which makes it about 140 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 129 of the 141 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 69,493 American births named Kent 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 50,857 are estimated to be alive today.
101 American babies were named Kent in 2025, ranking #3,508 that year.
Kent is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 111 births a year, against 143 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -22% 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 Kent is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 69,493 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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 50,857 Americans named Kent are alive today — 73% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 63 years old, and half are between 50 and 69.
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