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Kent
Pronounced /kɛnt/
Rank in 2024
#1,629
Born in 2024
104
Peak year
1962 · #136
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 104 boys were named Kent, about 1 in every 16,493.
- It peaked in 1962 with 2,588 babies, ranked #136.
- It first shows up in the records in 1885.
- 69,225 boys have been named Kent since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Kent per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.4Silent1928–45
- 0.9Boomers1946–64
- 0.5Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,254 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Silent: 7,629 babies, 0.37 per 1,000. Boomers: 34,802 babies, 0.93 per 1,000. Gen X: 14,482 babies, 0.53 per 1,000. Millennials: 6,746 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,648 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,623 babies, 0.07 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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”).
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /kɛnt/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Kent, CC BY-SA 4.0.