Kent

Boy · recorded 1885–2025

  • #1,654in 2025
  • 1 in 16,911boys in 2025
  • −28%last ten years

Most popular in 1962. Quieter now: down 28% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1885

06261,25118851920195519902025

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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 129 recorded years as a table
Kent, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188546
189169
189371
189443
189551
189947
190033
190249
190359
190645
190754
190865
190979
191057
191180
191251
191368
191438
191554
191666
191761
191852
191964
192085
192164
192290
192390
192479
1925108
1926111
1927110
1928116
1929128
1930151
1931172
1932200
1933199
1934241
1935337
1936421
1937380
1938392
1939447
1940499
1941550
1942519
1943570
1944544
1945531
1946547
1947612
1948585
1949604
1950689
1951703
1952832
1953829
1954844
1955901
19561,010
19571,064
19581,133
19591,155
19601,124
19611,118
19621,251
19631,181
19641,127
1965992
1966881
1967799
1968701
1969685
1970620
1971567
1972485
1973467
1974370
1975321
1976324
1977296
1978304
1979280
1980279
1981278
1982308
1983310
1984304
1985288
1986253
1987238
1988241
1989219
1990192
1991181
1992185
1993169
1994156
1995119
1996136
1997127
1998119
199999
2000109
200191
200287
200397
200480
200577
200668
200771
200869
200962
201067
201170
201260
201385
201478
201582
201686
201776
201886
201968
202070
202174
202266
202360
202460
202559

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
101
Rank in 2025
#1,654
How rare
1 in 16,911 boys
Since 1885
69,322

Most popular in 1962, at 1,251 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 28% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Texas1.0×33

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