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Bentley

“Meadow of bent grass” — Old English origin

Boy's name · #215 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Bentley has appeared in US records since 1890 — best rank #75 (2011) · 60,027 babies named Bentley all-time · 1 in 1,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,400 boys in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 1,700 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 6,500 boys in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 48 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Bentleys

• Bentley Little — American writer
• Bentley Mitchum — American actor and director
• Bentley Dean — movie director, producer & cinematographer
• Bentley Bahn — German footballer
• Bentley Layton — American theologian and philologist

In stories & tradition

• Bentley — Sly Cooper · Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
• Bentley Bear — video game character
• Bentley Baley — The Caves of Steel · The Robots of Dawn

What Bentleys become

Among 34 notable people named Bentley:

Entertainers appear 2.09× more often than among typical names — e.g. Bentley Dean, movie director, producer & cinematographer.

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