Kent is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1962 and has since faded.
Kent is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,659 for boy births in the United States (and #3,520 across all names), given to 101 babies. Kent first appears in 1885 and peaked in 1962 (2,587 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | 101 | — | #1,659 |
| 2024 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,636 |
| 2023 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,676 |
| 2022 | 116 | 116 | — | #1,545 |
| 2021 | 130 | 130 | — | #1,415 |
| 2020 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,432 |
| 2019 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,438 |
| 2018 | 157 | 157 | — | #1,201 |
| 2017 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,297 |
| 2016 | 164 | 164 | — | #1,164 |
| 2015 | 157 | 157 | — | #1,184 |
| 2014 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,227 |
| 2013 | 161 | 161 | — | #1,132 |
| 2012 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,453 |
| 2011 | 132 | 132 | — | #1,300 |
| 2010 | 129 | 129 | — | #1,329 |
| 2009 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,400 |
| 2008 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,246 |
| 2007 | 148 | 148 | — | #1,191 |
| 2006 | 139 | 139 | — | #1,209 |
| 2005 | 154 | 154 | — | #1,074 |
| 2004 | 159 | 159 | — | #1,032 |
| 2003 | 192 | 192 | — | #883 |
| 2002 | 169 | 169 | — | #950 |
| 2001 | 177 | 177 | — | #895 |
| 2000 | 215 | 215 | — | #774 |
| 1999 | 191 | 191 | — | #803 |
| 1998 | 228 | 228 | — | #723 |
| 1997 | 239 | — | — | #680 |
| 1996 | 257 | — | — | #652 |
| 1995 | 227 | — | — | #705 |
| 1994 | 301 | — | — | #599 |
| 1993 | 331 | — | — | #561 |
| 1992 | 369 | — | — | #527 |
| 1991 | 365 | — | — | #527 |
| 1990 | 394 | — | — | #488 |
| 1989 | 438 | — | — | #448 |
| 1988 | 461 | — | — | #420 |
| 1987 | 444 | — | — | #415 |
| 1986 | 465 | — | — | #392 |
| 1985 | 532 | — | — | #350 |
| 1984 | 554 | — | #11,225 | #341 |
| 1983 | 561 | — | #11,073 | #334 |
| 1982 | 565 | — | #9,789 | #337 |
| 1981 | 503 | — | #11,200 | #354 |
| 1980 | 497 | — | — | #357 |
| 1979 | 482 | — | — | #363 |
| 1978 | 499 | — | — | #345 |
| 1977 | 487 | — | — | #357 |
| 1976 | 508 | — | — | #338 |
| 1975 | 501 | — | — | #341 |
| 1974 | 587 | — | #9,396 | #313 |
| 1973 | 728 | — | — | #263 |
| 1972 | 791 | — | #8,865 | #254 |
| 1971 | 1,012 | — | #5,293 | #236 |
| 1970 | 1,159 | — | #7,485 | #216 |
| 1969 | 1,225 | — | — | #203 |
| 1968 | 1,225 | — | #6,601 | #194 |
| 1967 | 1,404 | — | #4,444 | #181 |
| 1966 | 1,584 | — | #3,833 | #172 |
| 1965 | 1,854 | — | #5,046 | #161 |
| 1964 | 2,254 | — | #5,213 | #146 |
| 1963 | 2,407 | — | #4,696 | #141 |
| 1962 | 2,592 | — | #7,036 | #136 |
| 1961 | 2,385 | — | #4,127 | #147 |
| 1960 | 2,403 | — | #6,018 | #148 |
| 1959 | 2,474 | — | #4,816 | #141 |
| 1958 | 2,405 | — | — | #144 |
| 1957 | 2,296 | — | — | #150 |
| 1956 | 2,142 | — | #6,419 | #149 |
| 1955 | 1,862 | — | #5,512 | #156 |
| 1954 | 1,730 | — | #4,124 | #167 |
| 1953 | 1,641 | — | #6,095 | #166 |
| 1952 | 1,618 | — | — | #164 |
| 1951 | 1,329 | — | #5,139 | #182 |
| 1950 | 1,233 | — | — | #180 |
| 1949 | 1,071 | — | — | #194 |
| 1948 | 1,027 | — | — | #194 |
| 1947 | 1,120 | — | — | #182 |
| 1946 | 888 | — | — | #195 |
| 1945 | 715 | — | — | #202 |
| 1944 | 746 | — | #4,912 | #202 |
| 1943 | 813 | — | — | #198 |
| 1942 | 717 | — | — | #210 |
| 1941 | 676 | — | — | #202 |
| 1940 | 578 | — | — | #216 |
| 1939 | 495 | — | — | #234 |
| 1938 | 435 | — | — | #265 |
| 1937 | 405 | — | — | #272 |
| 1936 | 437 | — | — | #255 |
| 1935 | 351 | — | — | #290 |
| 1934 | 249 | — | — | #349 |
| 1933 | 197 | — | — | #388 |
| 1932 | 209 | — | — | #387 |
| 1931 | 179 | — | — | #422 |
| 1930 | 166 | — | — | #460 |
| 1929 | 138 | — | — | #501 |
| 1928 | 128 | — | — | #540 |
| 1927 | 124 | — | — | #555 |
| 1926 | 128 | — | #5,251 | #549 |
| 1925 | 121 | — | — | #563 |
| 1924 | 89 | — | — | #694 |
| 1923 | 99 | — | — | #648 |
| 1922 | 98 | — | — | #650 |
| 1921 | 71 | — | — | #808 |
| 1920 | 91 | — | — | #670 |
| 1919 | 63 | — | — | #826 |
| 1918 | 53 | — | — | #913 |
| 1917 | 56 | — | — | #857 |
| 1916 | 59 | — | — | #805 |
| 1915 | 46 | — | — | #921 |
| 1914 | 25 | — | — | #1,176 |
| 1913 | 35 | — | — | #813 |
| 1912 | 22 | — | — | #980 |
| 1911 | 18 | — | — | #778 |
| 1910 | 11 | — | — | #1,014 |
| 1909 | 13 | — | — | #821 |
| 1908 | 10 | — | — | #918 |
| 1907 | 8 | — | — | #1,052 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | — | #1,187 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | — | #963 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | — | #1,086 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | — | #1,412 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,138 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | — | #1,032 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,175 |
| 1893 | 8 | — | — | #800 |
| 1891 | 7 | — | — | #807 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | — | #1,020 |