How popular is the name Bentley?

Bentley ranks 411th among boys' names in US records, with 70,061 births since 1890. Over the past decade it accounts for 32,480.

Is Bentley a unisex name?

No. Bentley is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2012, when 6,735 children were given the name. It has been in use for 135 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Bentlee, Bently, Bentli, Bentleigh. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#411 of boy names

Pronounced B EH1 N T L IY0 (ARPABET)

Bentley is a boys' name, and first appears in 1890. It has been given to 70,061 children — the 411th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2012, when 6,735 children were given it.

Four other spellings are counted in that total — Bentlee, Bently, Bentli and one more — because they are pronounced identically.

2012Boys: 6,735Girls: 422

These spellings sound identical to Bentley and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Bentley?: Bentley ranks 411th among boys' names in US records, with 70,061 births since 1890. Over the past decade it accounts for 32,480.
Is Bentley a unisex name?: No. Bentley is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Bentley most popular?: 2012, when 6,735 children were given the name. It has been in use for 135 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Bentley spelled?: Bentlee, Bently, Bentli, Bentleigh. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.