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“From the surname Gentry — also the word for the well-born” — English origin
Girl's name · #2025 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Gentry reached its best rank, #1454, in 2018 and ranked #2025 in 2025. About 2,800 girls have carried it since 1934. In Oklahoma, Arkansas and neighboring states it runs 4–9× its national rate. It is also an American family name — about 43,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data. Gentry is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 20 notable people named Gentry:
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