Kent is the name of the English county, from a Celtic word usually explained as "edge" or "coastal land", and it became a first name through the surname. Americans know it from Superman's alter ego Clark Kent; it peaked for US boys in the 1950s and 1960s. Kent ranked number 774 in 2000, slipped out of the top 1000 a few years later and stands at number 1659 in 2025 with 101 boys.