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Gentry

#1,813 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Gentry has been given to 7,064 babies in the U.S. since 1884. In 2025 it ranked #1,813 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 166 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% boys, 39% girls all-time.

Babies named Gentry, 2025

1 in 37,700

Gentry over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Gentry over time

In 2025, Gentry went to 52% girls and 48% boys.

18842025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Gentry: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gentry means

Gentry is a given name.

The naming story behind Gentry

Wikidata records Gentry as a given name. The entity identifier is Q123175780, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,287 boys were recorded with the name Gentry between 1884 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 166 in 2021; its best national rank was #1,031 in 1884.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,345 in 2020 to #1,813 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,644 in 2015 to #1,813 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,777 girls were recorded with the name Gentry between 1934 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 151 in 2018; its best national rank was #1,454 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,669 in 2020 to #2,025 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,843 in 2015 to #2,025 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Gentry?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 37,700
88 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 19,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,813
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
26,114 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gentry sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 26,114 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gentry. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gentrys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gentry was born before 2002 — so the typical Gentry is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
23.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
52.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,676
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 23.4% of all recorded uses (1,003).

Is Gentry rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−210
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−468
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−169
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.91×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
53.0%
Peak was 2021 (166)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,031
1884

Spellings of Gentry

Gentry is not the most common spelling — Henry is, with 95.4% against Gentry's 0.53%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Gentry is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Gentry was most concentrated in Missouri — about 1 in 4,167 boys, against 1 in 16,124 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

124 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Missouri1 in 4,167
  2. 2Indiana1 in 5,556
  3. 3Kentucky1 in 5,882
  4. 4Tennessee1 in 6,250
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 7,143
  6. 6Georgia1 in 11,111
  7. 7Arkansas1 in 12,500
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 12,500

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Gentry is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Gentry was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 1,031 girls, against 1 in 9,610 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in 100,000).

197 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 1,031
  2. 2Kansas1 in 2,439
  3. 3Missouri1 in 3,846
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 4,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 9,091
  6. 6Utah1 in 10,000
  7. 7Iowa1 in 12,500
  8. 8Nebraska1 in 14,286

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Notable people named Gentry

People whose public names include Gentry, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Gentry by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,813
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 468
Best rank ever
#1,031
1884
Peak year
2021
166 that year
First recorded
1884
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,287
Count in 2025
88

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,025
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 356
Best rank ever
#1,454
2018
Peak year
2018
151 that year
First recorded
1934
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,777
Count in 2025
94

Names similar to Gentry

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

GenaroGenesisGennaroGenoGeneralDmitryAutryDestryJentryGenevaDimitryGentleGennieGeneGenieGenuineGenardGennadyGeniusGeneroChantryGenevieveGenerosoDemetry

Names with a curve like Gentry

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Gentry, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

GrayAramArieHenriMayerMendelLazarusDovMaceoLeightonEphraimDanilo

Sibling names for Gentry

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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