as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from the English county. This is probably named with a Celtic word meaning ‘border’. Use as a given name is of recent origin, but it is now quite popular. It may in part be seen as a short form of Kenton.
| 551st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 77,622
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Kent per capita
- 1962
- marked the height of its popularity
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