Gentry

Boy · recorded 1884–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.1 to 1)

  • #1,808in 2025
  • 1 in 19,409boys in 2025
  • +2%last ten years

Most popular in 2021.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1884

0489518841919195519902025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 118 recorded years as a table
Gentry, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188444
190852
190930
191127
191228
191320
191418
191520
191615
191717
191826
191916
192014
192121
192215
192319
192412
192510
192623
192716
192817
192918
193017
193117
193211
193310
193413
193514
193614
193710
193815
193911
194014
194112
194210
194311
194410
19458
19469
194710
19485
19498
19504
195113
19527
19537
195411
19556
19569
195711
19589
19598
196013
196115
19628
196312
196412
19658
196611
196714
196816
196913
197023
197120
197215
197317
197418
197517
197613
197716
197819
197923
198020
198116
198212
198315
198413
198515
198620
198726
198816
198920
199021
199123
199221
199320
199422
199517
199618
199716
199813
199922
200018
200131
200223
200327
200424
200527
200619
200726
200830
200929
201032
201131
201247
201348
201460
201551
201651
201761
201872
201984
202077
202195
202279
202375
202462
202552

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Texas 1.0×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
88
Rank in 2025
#1,808
How rare
1 in 19,409 boys
Since 1884
4,287

Most popular in 2021, at 95 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 2% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Texas1.0×32

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.