How Many People Are Named Kentrel?
An estimated 354 people in the United States have the first name Kentrel. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Kentrel peaked in popularity in 1996 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kentrel 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 Kentrel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
354
About 1 in 968,233 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
1996
17 births
Total Registered
362
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kentrel
Kentrel is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 362 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Kentrel as a male name
Ranked #10,392 in 2024
7 male births in 2024
Peak: 1996 (17 births)
Kentrel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kentrel span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 106 babies were registered. Kentrel has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Kentrel by Decade
How has Kentrel 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.
Kentrel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kentrel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kentrel
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kentrel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kentrel?
We estimate approximately 354 people named Kentrel 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 968,233 Americans share this first name.
Is Kentrel a common name?
Kentrel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 81% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 362 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kentrel most popular?
Kentrel reached peak popularity in 1996, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kentrel is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kentrel a male name?
Kentrel is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kentrel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kentrel Smith, Kentrel Johnson, Kentrel 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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