girls:
3.3k births since 1986
#3030 (47th percentile)
boys:
56.5k births since 1890
#454 (90th percentile)
overall:
59.8k births since 1890
#964 (88th percentile)
The name Bentley is the #964 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 59,776 recorded births since 1890. This represents the 87.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 87.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #454 (90.1% percentile) for all time with 56,509 births since 1890. For girls, it ranks #3,030 (47.0% percentile) for all time with 3,267 births since 1986.
Bentley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1890 (1890 for boys and 1986 for girls). Birth data for Bentley is available in 113 out of the 134 years between 1890 and 2023 (113 years for boys and 38 years for girls). 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 Bentley has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.0% of babies named Bentley were boys.
For boys, Bentley reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 91.8% percentile (ranked #75) with 2,903 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 2,903 births per million (ranked 91.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Bentley ranks #186 for boys (79.7% percentile) with 1,041 births per million, which is 35.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Bentley reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 29.9% percentile (ranked #659) with 149 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 149 births per million (ranked 29.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Bentley ranks #808 for girls (14.7% percentile) with 82 births per million, which is 55.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bentley".
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