Bently Boy
How popular is Bently?
#5,044 boy name in 2025
19 baby boys were named Bently in the US in 2025, making it the 5044th most popular boy name.
Bently popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,044 for boys (▼ 1941 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 19 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-87% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,271 in 2015, #2,727 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (436 boys) |
| Highest rank | #574 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bently counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bentley family of names ranked #216 for boys in 2025 (#204 the year before), with 1,762 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Bently is most popular
Babies named Bently per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Missouri: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Bently by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1920s | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1950s | 13 | #3,032 |
| 1960s | 37 | #2,363 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,984 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,964 |
| 2000s | 116 | #2,202 |
| 2010s | 2,037 | #574 |
| 2020s | 212 | #2,727 |
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Questions
- Is Bently a boy or girl name?
- Bently is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Bently were boys.
- How popular is the name Bently?
- 19 baby boys were named Bently in the US in 2025, making it the 5044th most popular boy name.
- When was Bently most popular?
- Bently peaked in 2011, when 436 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #574 in 2011.
- How many people are named Bently?
- 2,524 babies have been named Bently in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,480 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Bently most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bently was most common in Missouri, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.