Kento is a boy's name of Japanese origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 11 boys in the United States.
Kento belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Kento first appears in Social Security records in 1984. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3247 in 1990, and in 2024 11 babies received the name — 517 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Kento is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Japanese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Kento is a boy name. In 2024, 11 babies received the name in the US.
Kento comes from the Japanese tradition.
Kento first appears in US records in 1984. Its best-ever ranking was #3247 in 1990, and 11 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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