How Many People Are Named Kenta?
people named Kenta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 494,623 people in the US has this name
Based on 716 babies named Kenta in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
48 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese 健 (ken) meaning "healthy, strong" and 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big", as well as other kanji combinations having the same pronunciation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kenta, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kenta alive today is about 28 years old, and 52% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 37 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kenta first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 1977, to 48 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kenta has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,302, in 1977. In 2025 it ranked #10,212.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,212 |
| Best rank | #1,302 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,220 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kenta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kenta were born in California than in any other state: about 75 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kenta was given about 6.4 times as often in California.
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