Kento Popularity by Year
Follow Kento across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kento 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 7 | #9,714 | Down 2,457 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 11 | #7,257 | Down 360 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 12 | #6,897 | Up 365 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 11 | #7,262 | Down 927 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 13 | #6,335 | Down 1,637 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 20 | #4,698 | Up 455 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 18 | #5,153 | Down 1,360 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 28 | #3,793 | Up 1,142 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 19 | #4,935 | Down 465 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 22 | #4,470 | Up 420 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 19 | #4,890 | Up 595 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 16 | #5,485 | Up 2,052 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 10 | #7,537 | Down 1,536 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 14 | #6,001 | Down 1,645 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 22 | #4,356 | Up 895 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 17 | #5,251 | Up 3,059 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 9 | #8,310 | Down 3,243 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 18 | #5,067 | Up 1,195 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 13 | #6,262 | Down 959 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 16 | #5,303 | Up 2,996 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 8 | #8,299 | Down 2,807 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 14 | #5,492 | Down 573 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 15 | #4,919 | Down 443 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 17 | #4,476 | Up 1,112 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 12 | #5,588 | Down 1,754 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 19 | #3,834 | Up 363 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 16 | #4,197 | Up 1,445 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 10 | #5,642 | Down 1,029 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 13 | #4,613 | Up 511 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 11 | #5,124 | Down 321 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 12 | #4,803 | Down 106 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 12 | #4,697 | Up 175 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 11 | #4,872 | Up 1,070 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 8 | #5,942 | Down 2,776 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 19 | #3,166 | Up 3,775 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 6 | #6,941 | Down 1,380 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 6 | #5,561 | — |