girls:
1k births since 1977
#4689 (18th percentile)
boys:
399 births since 1979
#4187 (9th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1977
#6318 (18th percentile)
The name Jentry is the #6,318 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,426 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 18.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,689 (17.9% percentile) for all time with 1,027 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #4,187 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 399 births since 1979.
Jentry first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 1979 for boys).
The name Jentry has been given predominantly to girls, with 72.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 65.9% of babies named Jentry were girls.
For girls, Jentry reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #905) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 33 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jentry ranks #925 for girls (2.3% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 47.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jentry reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #879) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jentry ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 50.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jentry".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Jentry is pronounced as JEHN-tree, which has 2 syllables.
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