Kentaro Popularity by Year
Follow Kentaro across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kentaro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Boys | 5 | #12,145 | Up 11 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 5 | #12,156 | Up 29 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 5 | #12,185 | Down 2,617 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 7 | #9,568 | Up 1,160 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 6 | #10,728 | Down 1,019 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 7 | #9,709 | Up 2,578 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 5 | #12,287 | Down 4,148 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 9 | #8,139 | Up 846 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 8 | #8,985 | Down 1,287 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 10 | #7,698 | Down 604 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 11 | #7,094 | Down 634 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 12 | #6,460 | Up 1,839 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 8 | #8,299 | Down 3,292 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 16 | #5,007 | Up 2,824 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 8 | #7,831 | Down 1,309 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 10 | #6,522 | Down 855 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 12 | #5,667 | Down 1,094 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 16 | #4,573 | Up 4,131 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 6 | #8,704 | Down 3,831 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 13 | #4,873 | Down 422 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 14 | #4,451 | Down 266 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 15 | #4,185 | Down 626 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 18 | #3,559 | Up 3,409 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 7 | #6,968 | Down 152 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 7 | #6,816 | Up 606 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 6 | #7,422 | Down 2,326 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 10 | #5,096 | Down 1,125 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 14 | #3,971 | Up 479 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 10 | #4,450 | Up 2,501 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 5 | #6,951 | Down 2,098 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 8 | #4,853 | Up 294 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 7 | #5,147 | Down 174 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 7 | #4,973 | Up 30 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 7 | #5,003 | Down 850 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 9 | #4,153 | Down 19 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 9 | #4,134 | Down 277 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 9 | #3,857 | Up 1,370 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 5 | #5,227 | — |