Bentlee
Bentlee was the 1730th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 94 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 576th with 446 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 975 places. More babies were named Bentlee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Bentley) bent-grass clearing (place name) · Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #1,730 boys, down 838 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 94boys
- Girls and boys
- 18% girls, 82% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2012446 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,139babies recorded
What does the name Bentlee mean?
Bentlee is a spelling of Bentley, pronounced the same way, so it shares Bentley's meaning and origin.
Bentley is an English place name and surname. Wiktionary derives it from Old English Beonetleah, from beonet, 'bent grass', a stiff coarse grass, and leah, 'meadow, clearing'. Several English villages carry the name. It is also widely known as the name of the British luxury car brand, founded by W. O. Bentley in 1919, as Wikipedia describes. As a boy's first name it is a recent American transfer from the surname.
beonet (Old English, “bent grass”)lēah (Old English, “meadow, clearing”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Bently, Bentlee.
See also: English names, names that mean meadow, hill or valley, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Bentley', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wiktionary, entry 'bentgrass', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Bentley', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Bentlee popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #5,119 | #1,730 | 25 | 94 |
| 2020 | #4,022 | #892 | 35 | 254 |
| 2010 | #2,315 | #845 | 82 | 250 |
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How popular is Bentlee, counting every spelling?
Bentlee is a spelling of Bentley, a name family that ranked #222 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,730 for Bentlee on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,762 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | 1,649 | #215 | 10,072 |
| Bentlee | 94 | #1,730 | 711 |
| Bently | 19 | #5,060 | 167 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Bentlee?
94 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bentlee (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Bentlee born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 89 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bentlee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Bentlee?
About 4,200 people born in the US named Bentlee are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 7 and 14. That makes Bentlee a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Bentlee by state
How common Bentlee was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Kentucky (3.9×), Indiana (3.2×), Tennessee (2.7×), Ohio (2.6×), Missouri (1.8×). In 30 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Bentlee: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bentlee, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Bentlee
What does Bentlee mean?
Bentlee is a spelling of Bentley, which means “bent-grass clearing (place name)” (Old English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Bentlee?
Bentlee was the 1730th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 94 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 576th with 446 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 975 places. More babies were named Bentlee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Bentlee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 18% girls, 82% boys given the name Bentlee in the US.
Where is Bentlee most popular?
In 2021–2025, Bentlee was most common in Kentucky (0.32 per 1,000 boys), followed by Indiana and Tennessee.