How Many People Are Named Gentry?
people named Gentry are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 54,088 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,064 babies named Gentry in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
303 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Gentry, 43.3% were girls and 56.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Gentry rose from 0% in the 1910s to 45.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gentry alive today is about 21 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gentry first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 2021, to 303 babies. In 2025, 182 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gentry has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,031, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #1,813. Among girls, its best rank was #1,454, in 2018.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,813 | #2,025 |
| Best rank | #1,031 (1884) | #1,454 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,601 in the 2010s | #1,893 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gentry alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gentry were born in Texas than in any other state: about 700 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gentry was given 10.6 times as often in Oklahoma, 5.8 times in Kansas and 5 times in Utah.
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