girls:
888 births since 2001
#4828 (16th percentile)
boys:
4k births since 2007
#1943 (58th percentile)
overall:
4.9k births since 2001
#3903 (50th percentile)
The name Bentlee is the #3,903 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,883 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 49.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,943 (57.6% percentile) for all time with 3,995 births since 2007. For girls, it ranks #4,828 (15.5% percentile) for all time with 888 births since 2001.
Bentlee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (2001 for girls and 2007 for boys). Birth data for Bentlee is available in 22 out of the 23 years between 2001 and 2023 (22 years for girls and 16 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Bentlee has been given predominantly to boys, with 81.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 83.8% of babies named Bentlee were boys. Interestingly, until around 2010, the name was more popular for girls (72.2% girls from 2001 to 2009), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (83.3% boys from 2010 to 2023).
For boys, Bentlee reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 43.7% percentile (ranked #507) with 220 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 220 births per million (ranked 43.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Bentlee ranks #771 for boys (15.4% percentile) with 79 births per million, which is 36.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Bentlee reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 8.9% percentile (ranked #856) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 46 births per million (ranked 8.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Bentlee ranks #924 for girls (2.4% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 34.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bentlee".
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