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Kentrell

#1,717 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Kentrell has been given to 4,343 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #1,717 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 164 recorded.

Babies named Kentrell, 2025

1 in 34,900

Kentrell 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kentrell: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kentrell means

Kentrell is a given name.

The naming story behind Kentrell

Wikidata records Kentrell as a given name. The entity identifier is Q99584933, 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, 4,277 boys were recorded with the name Kentrell between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 164 in 2019; its best national rank was #1,170 in 1991.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,275 in 2020 to #1,717 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,178 in 2015 to #1,717 in 2025.

In the United States, 66 girls were recorded with the name Kentrell between 1978 and 1995. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1986; its best national rank was #6,838 in 1986.

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 Kentrell?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 34,900
95 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 18,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,717
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
24,190 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kentrell 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 24,190 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kentrell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kentrells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kentrell was born before 2005 — so the typical Kentrell is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
27.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
62.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,277
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Choose a decade

2000s — 27.4% of all recorded uses (1,172).

Is Kentrell 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
−80
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−442
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+461
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.51×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
57.9%
Peak was 2019 (164)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,170
1991

Spellings of Kentrell

Kentrell is not the most common spelling — Kendell is, with 27.6% against Kentrell's 24.6%.

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 Kentrell is used

Across 2016–2025, Kentrell was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 2,381 boys, against 1 in 13,253 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

042 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 2,381
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 2,703
  3. 3Alabama1 in 4,167
  4. 4Georgia1 in 6,250
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 6,667
  6. 6Florida1 in 10,000
  7. 7Illinois1 in 10,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 10,000

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.

Kentrell around the world

Where Kentrell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2023–2023
    #4,992
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2022–2022
    #2,602
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    2008–2008
    #726
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kentrell by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,717
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 442
Best rank ever
#1,170
1991
Peak year
2019
164 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,277
Count in 2025
95

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,838
1986
Peak year
1986
10 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
1995
All-time count
66
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kentrell

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

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Names with a curve like Kentrell

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

BilalKeoniSyedMikhailMykelJelaniSamiAvrohomGersonMohamadRamiJacobo

Sibling names for Kentrell

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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