How Many People Are Named Kento?
An estimated 510 people in the United States have the first name Kento. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Kento peaked in popularity in 2018 with 28 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kento as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kento paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
510
About 1 in 672,067 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2018
28 births
Total Registered
517
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kento
Kento is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 517 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Kento as a male name
Ranked #7,487 in 2024
11 male births in 2024
Peak: 2018 (28 births)
Kento: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kento span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 185 babies were registered. While Kento is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Kento by Decade
How has Kento tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kento by State
Kento + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kento as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kento
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kento: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kento?
We estimate approximately 510 people named Kento are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 672,067 Americans share this first name.
Is Kento a common name?
Kento is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 517 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kento most popular?
Kento reached peak popularity in 2018, when 28 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kento is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kento a male name?
Kento is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kento Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kento Smith, Kento Johnson, Kento Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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