Gentle is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Gentle is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1968. Gentle was first reported in SSA data in 1913 and peaked in 1918 (13 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 5 | — | #4,343 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,276 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #4,195 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #3,321 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #4,025 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #3,563 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #3,494 |
| 1949 | 11 | — | #2,386 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #3,494 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | #2,327 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #3,771 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,642 |
| 1938 | 9 | — | #2,547 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | #3,730 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #3,437 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,109 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #3,521 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,201 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | #2,995 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | #3,247 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,028 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #4,048 |
| 1920 | 7 | — | #3,616 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | #2,962 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | #2,312 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,148 |
| 1915 | 10 | — | #2,514 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,000 |