Kent

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kent: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kent: Recorded since 1945, it reached #70 in 1979, and it stood at #414 in 2022.

3registrars recorded it
91times a registrar ranked it
78years from first to last
#70highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2022
1999	#1850
2000	#1889
2001	#3134
2002	#2005
2003	#2470
2005	#3849
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2008	#3158
2010	#3865
2011	#3830
2012	#4805
2013	#2954
2014	#2964
2017	#4812
2018	#3959

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 70 of the 72 years from 1945 to 2016.

In 2013: #537 among boys in Norway, #2954 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #304 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2016
Highest recorded position: #70 among boys in Norway, in 1979 (recorded 1945–2016).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #414 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2022.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Kent appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 70 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 2,605 births with the name.

Kent across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kent's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#304 (1945)	#70 (1979)	#434 (2016)	70 of 72	2,605 (1945–2016)	111 (1979)
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#1765 (1996)	#3959 (2018)	18 of 23	82 (1996–2018)	6 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#357 (2007)	#357 (2007)	#414 (2022)	3 of 16	9 (2007–2022)	3 (2007)

Kent by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kent in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	34	5 of 10	7
1950s	125	10 of 10	13
1960s	318	10 of 10	32
1970sbusiest	865	10 of 10	87
1980s	749	10 of 10	75
1990s	381	10 of 10	38
2000s	105	10 of 10	11
2010s	28	5 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 87 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1977 and 1978, when recorded births rose by 44, from 57 to 101.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Kent appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #70 in Norway in 1979.

Kent's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#434	7	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#537	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#550	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#471	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#452	7	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#344	12	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#423	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#449	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#401	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#390	8	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#318	11	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#334	11	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#257	16	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#309	12	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#331	12	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#279	15	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#290	15	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#187	31	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#181	33	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#221	25	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#233	24	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#156	44	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#136	52	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#99	73	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#110	69	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#80	96	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#99	83	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#143	52	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#125	66	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#114	72	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#125	65	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#87	96	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#129	62	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#101	79	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#109	78	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#70	111	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#79	101	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#126	57	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#110	68	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#88	97	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#101	85	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#95	90	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#85	105	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#107	81	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#115	70	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#134	56	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#157	43	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#120	60	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#165	36	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#199	25	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#186	26	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#204	22	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#254	14	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#206	20	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#234	16	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#200	20	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#319	9	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#257	12	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#234	15	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#204	17	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#253	11	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#299	8	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#219	14	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#295	8	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#248	11	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#276	9	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#332	6	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#339	6	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#332	6	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#304	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2022, ranked in 75 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #70, first reached in 1979.

It held a top-100 place in 9 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 111 births, registered in Norway in 1979.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 62 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kenneth · #10, 79y
Kenny · #311, 44y
Kenya · #869, 29y
Kenza · #898, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Pia · #74, 74y
Regina · #80, 73y
Ina · #56, 76y
Jonny · #55, 79y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Evy · #69, 80y
Gjermund · #71, 77y
Lina · #69, 72y
Merethe · #69, 54y

Kent was ranked #70 in Norway · Boys in 1979. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kent and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kent without appearing here.

Kent moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3158 and #2775 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2954 and #4685.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2954 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2964 and #4632.
Jade Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3865 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2964 and #4632.
Kim Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4805 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2954 and #3822.

Moved ahead of Kent

Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1135.
Kasper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1617.
Ronny Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1765 and #2020 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1467.
Willow Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2964 and #3362 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2445.

Moved the opposite way to Kent

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Kent went from #304 to #434 while Aksel went from #174 to #11.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Kent went from #304 to #434 while Andreas went from #140 to #40.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Kent went from #304 to #434 while Christian went from #161 to #82.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Kent went from #304 to #434 while Daniel went from #280 to #29.

Moved the same way as Kent

Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Kent went from #304 to #434 and Arild from #32 to #514.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Kent went from #304 to #434 and Arne from #6 to #227.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Kent went from #304 to #434 and Bjørn from #3 to #117.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2016 in Norway · Boys, Kent went from #304 to #434 and Dag from #48 to #518.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #70 in Norway in 1979. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kent

Kent at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kent across 3 official records

Kent by decade in Norway · Boys

Kent appears in

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Kent at a glance

Kent across 3 official records

Kent by decade in Norway · Boys

Kent appears in

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