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Kent
Say it: KENT
Meaning
From the English county and surname; Kent is an old Celtic name, perhaps meaning 'coastal district' or 'border'.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
A surname used as a given name in the US, most popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1960s
In the United States
- 68,935 babies given this name since 1885
- At its height in 1962, about 1 in 801 boys
- 121 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.