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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kentrell

Kentrell was the 1717th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 95 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 1176th; the most babies were born in 2019 (164). Over the last ten years it has moved up 461 places. More babies were named Kentrell in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,717 boys, down 442 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
95boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2019164 babies
Total since 1880
4,343babies recorded

Kentrell popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 66 since 1978.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#1,71795
2020#1,275144
2010#1,508108
2000#1,263104
1990#1,22081
1980#1,45643
1970——
1960——
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1880——

How popular is Kentrell, counting every spelling?

Kentrell is the most common spelling of a name family that had 95 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 95 boys in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Kentrell95#1,717590

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 Kentrell?

95 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kentrell (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kentrell 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 88 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kentrell.

Chance of another Kentrell in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inAlabamaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

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

How old are people named Kentrell?

About 4,200 people born in the US named Kentrell are alive today, with a median age of 21; half are between 9 and 31. That makes Kentrell mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
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.

Kentrell by state

How common Kentrell was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (7.7×), Louisiana (4.7×), Alabama (3.8×), Georgia (2.7×), Tennessee (2.5×). In 37 states fewer than five boys 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: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIL0.07Michigan: 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: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOH0.04Pennsylvania: 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: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: 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: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: 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: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesTN0.17North Carolina: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesNC0.13South Carolina: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesSC0.12District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesOK0.11Louisiana: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesLA0.32Mississippi: 0.53 per 1,000 babiesMS0.53Alabama: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesAL0.26Georgia: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesGA0.18Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTX0.06Florida: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesFL0.11
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Kentrell, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Kentrell

How popular is the name Kentrell?

Kentrell was the 1717th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 95 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 1176th; the most babies were born in 2019 (164). Over the last ten years it has moved up 461 places. More babies were named Kentrell in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Kentrell a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kentrell in the US.

Where is Kentrell most popular?

In 2021–2025, Kentrell was most common in Mississippi (0.53 per 1,000 boys), followed by Louisiana and Alabama.