Masculine dossier · first seen 1884

Gentry

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gentry
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2021

Peak rank proxy

166

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1884Peak 20212024

Peak year

2021

Decline from peak

35.5%

2024

107

All-time

4,199

Gentry has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2021, when 166 boys were named Gentry.

In 2024, only 107 boys were given the name.

Down 35.5% from its peak.

All told, about 4,199 Americans have been named Gentry and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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