Kent

Boy name

Kent has been given to 69,493 babies in the U.S. since 1885. It peaked in 1962.

Meaning & origin /kɛnt/

API Inherited from Middle English Kent, from Old English Cent, from Latin Cantium, from Brythonic *Cantio (compare Old Irish céite (“gathering, folkmoot, hillock”)), from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”).

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

69,493

Peak year

1962 (2,592 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1885

10-year trend

▼ -36%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Famous people named Kent

Kent Beck

American software engineer

Kent Nielsen

Danish footballer

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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