Bentley

What Bentley means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Bentley yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #92 in 2015, #215 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Bentley?

US: Falling: down from #92 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #322 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2012, when 5,895 boys got the name (#75 that year). First in the US records in 1890.

How common

• About 1 in 1,036 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,240 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (5.36 per 1,000 boys), ME (4.42 per 1,000 boys), VT (4.13 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Bentley is #215 in the US and #934 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 91.9% of US babies named Bentley were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Bentlee94 US
• Bently19 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Bently

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Bentley

Boys

• Knox#196“round hill”^*
• Emmett#121Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*
• Reid#293Editor’s note Steady in the US: #278 in 2015 and #293 in 2025
• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*
• Eli#104“ascent”^*
• Ryker#182Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #182 vs #1,066 in 2025

For a sister

• Brielle#143Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1972, with 6 babies
• Vivienne#172Variant of Vivian, possibly meaning “alive”^*
• Paisley#67“pasture”^*
• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*
• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Bentley’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.