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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

KentIn Hebrew: קנט · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Kent (Hebrew: קנט) is a boy's name of international origin. 130 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1955, with 11 babies.

People in Israel
130
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1955
11 babies
USA, 2025
101
rank #1,654

Writing and saying Kent

In Hebrew letters the name is קנט, read right to left. Kent is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Kent by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Kent: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Kent in English-speaking countries

Kent in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025101#1,6541962 (2,587)
Alberta20253#1,2051983 (34)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Kent has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Kent

How do you write Kent in Hebrew?

Kent is written קנט in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Kent?

130 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name קנט: 0 women and 130 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Kent a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named קנט are men.

Is Kent used outside Israel?

The name Kent appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 101 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,654), per the Social Security Administration.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.