girls:
2.6k births since 1934
#3386 (41st percentile)
boys:
4.1k births since 1884
#1914 (58th percentile)
overall:
6.7k births since 1884
#3284 (58th percentile)
The name Gentry is the #3,284 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,701 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 57.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 57.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,914 (58.3% percentile) for all time with 4,092 births since 1884. For girls, it ranks #3,386 (40.7% percentile) for all time with 2,609 births since 1934.
Gentry first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (1884 for boys and 1934 for girls). Birth data for Gentry is available in 116 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023 (116 years for boys and 57 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 Gentry has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (61.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 57.1% of babies named Gentry were boys.
For boys, Gentry reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 17.3% percentile (ranked #769) with 89 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 89 births per million (ranked 17.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Gentry ranks #787 for boys (13.6% percentile) with 70 births per million, which is 79.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Gentry reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 15.2% percentile (ranked #815) with 81 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 81 births per million (ranked 15.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Gentry ranks #855 for girls (9.7% percentile) with 55 births per million, which is 68.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gentry".
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