Kenta was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).
Kenta as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#9,714 (7)
2022
#7,262 (11)
2020
#7,034 (11)
2019
#8,889 (8)
2018
#7,617 (10)
2017
#10,775 (6)
2016
#12,185 (5)
2015
#7,066 (11)
2014
#6,307 (13)
2013
#8,118 (9)
2012
#6,306 (13)
2011
#6,256 (13)
2010
#7,591 (10)
2009
#7,692 (10)
2008
#5,487 (16)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1977 at #1,289.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1973.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.