How rare is the name Bentley?

42,505 people in the United States have the first name Bentley, about 1 in 7,106. It ranks #1,009 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

BENTLEY

#1,009

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
42,505
About
1 in 7,106
This common or more
70.2%
Who bears it

Of the 42,505 people named Bentley, 81.2% reported their origin as White, 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% as two or more races. 93.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bentley peaked in 2012, when 6,143 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18902025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
6,143
In 2025*
1,795 ▼71%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 63,562 babies have been given the name since 1890. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Bentley by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #139. The largest share of babies named Bentley, 68.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#3,7106
1910s#4,59283
1920s#4,387138
1930s#4,490108
1940s#4,186139
1950s#3,997195
1960s#2,941401
1970s#5,553189
1980s#4,941291
1990s#4,759425
2000s#1,9042,234
2010s#13945,902
2020s#30513,451
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–800.5%
Millennials 1981–960.8%
Generation Z 1997–1229%
2013 and later68.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Bentley is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bentley has been most common in Utah (2.5×), Idaho (2.2×), and Kentucky (2.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.18×).

59,772 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Bentley

1 other first name also has 42,505 people.

#1,009 Myra · 42,505

Either side of Bentley

#1,007 Jude · 42,715#1,008 Ada · 42,677#1,009 Myra · 42,505#1,011 Tania · 42,281

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bentley, most common first.

#5,306 Bentlee · 3,265#5,795 Bently · 2,871

Also a last name

As a last name, Bentley ranks #860 of 156,621, with 39,380 people. See Bentley as a last name

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