Masculine dossier · first seen 1885

Kent

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

Endangered Down 96% from peak

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

2,588

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1885Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

96%

2024

104

All-time

69,225

Kent once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1962, when 2,588 boys were named Kent.

In 2024, only 104 boys were given the name.

Down 96% from its peak.

All told, about 69,225 Americans have been named Kent and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1885.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96% from peak

19622,588 boys named Kent

2024104 boys named Kent

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