Gentle
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1918
13 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
201
since 1913
Born a Gentle? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Gentle was most popular in 1918, when 13 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Gentle in 2025. Not recorded since 1968.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 5 | 3993 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 7 | 3216 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 5 | 3827 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 6 | 3425 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 6 | 3364 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 11 | 2337 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 6 | 3370 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 11 | 2271 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 5 | 3560 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 5 | 3459 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 9 | 2479 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 5 | 3518 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 6 | 3277 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 7 | 3004 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 6 | 3361 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 9 | 2912 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 8 | 3155 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 8 | 3260 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 6 | 3872 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 6 | 3869 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 7 | 3489 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 9 | 2877 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 13 | 2260 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 10 | 2458 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 5 | 2821 |
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