Is Kento a boy or girl name?

Kento is a boy’s name. Of the 524 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Kento

Recorded 1984–2025 · United States

Kento was most popular in 2018, when 28 American babies were given the name — ranking #8,204 that year. In 2025 it ranked #20,040, with 7 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 524 people named Kento.

Kento over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kento’s peak in 2018. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kento a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kento is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 524 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Kento

Where Kento is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 9.9×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org