Gentle Popularity by Year
Follow Gentle across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Gentle birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Boys | 5 | #4,136 | Down 71 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 5 | #4,065 | Down 72 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 5 | #3,993 | Down 777 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 7 | #3,216 | Up 611 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 5 | #3,827 | Down 402 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 6 | #3,425 | Down 61 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 6 | #3,364 | Down 1,027 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 11 | #2,337 | Up 1,033 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 6 | #3,370 | Down 1,099 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 11 | #2,271 | Up 1,289 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 5 | #3,560 | Down 101 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 5 | #3,459 | Down 980 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 9 | #2,479 | Up 1,039 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 5 | #3,518 | Down 241 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 6 | #3,277 | Down 273 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 7 | #3,004 | Up 357 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 6 | #3,361 | Up 598 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 5 | #3,959 | Down 1,047 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 9 | #2,912 | Up 243 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 8 | #3,155 | Up 105 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 8 | #3,260 | Up 612 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 6 | #3,872 | Down 3 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 6 | #3,869 | Down 380 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 7 | #3,489 | Down 612 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 9 | #2,877 | Down 617 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 13 | #2,260 | Up 1,637 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 5 | #3,897 | Down 1,439 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 10 | #2,458 | Up 363 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 5 | #2,821 | — |