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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Bentleigh

Bentleigh was the 8443rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 2873rd with 60 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,588 places. More babies were named Bentleigh in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#8,443 girls, down 2,323 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
12girls
Girls and boys
93% girls, 7% boys2021–2025
Peak year
201160 babies
Total since 1880
630babies recorded

Bentleigh popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#8,443#10,865126
2020#6,120—19—
2010#3,368#9,816487
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How popular is Bentleigh, counting every spelling?

Bentleigh has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Bentleigh?

12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bentleigh (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Bentleigh 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 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bentleigh.

Chance of another Bentleigh in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Bentleigh?

About 600 people born in the US named Bentleigh are alive today, with a median age of 12; half are between 8 and 14. That makes Bentleigh a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Bentleigh by state

How common Bentleigh was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Bentleigh, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Bentleigh: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bentleigh, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Bentleigh

How popular is the name Bentleigh?

Bentleigh was the 8443rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 2873rd with 60 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,588 places. More babies were named Bentleigh in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Bentleigh a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 93% girls, 7% boys given the name Bentleigh in the US.

Where is Bentleigh most popular?

In 2021–2025, Bentleigh was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 girls).