Bentley

Meaning: Meadow of bent grass
Origin: English surname

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

94% boys · 6% girls — Bentley is also given to girls: 146 in 2025, about 1 in 16 in recent years. Bentley →

Popularity over time

Bentley reached #75 in 2011 and has eased to #215 since.

In a single year its births jumped from about 520 in 2009 to 3,800 in 2010 — the year Bentley from Teen Mom became the biggest boys’ rank riser among names in the top 500.

Across the states

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

Around the world

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#325 in Canada (2025) · #402 in New Zealand (2025) · #762 in Scotland (2025) · #934 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #3,642 in France (2025) · #404 in N. Ireland (2024) · #744 in Netherlands (2022) · #779 in Ireland (2022) · #1,114 in Belgium (2021) · #96 in Australia (QLD) (2016) · #760 in Poland (2013) and 1 more.

Famous Bentleys

Bentley Mitchum — American actor (born 1967)
Bentley Little — American author of horror fiction (born 1960)
Bentley Kyle Evans — American television producer (born 1966)
Bentley Purchase — British forensic pathologist (1890–1961)
Bentley Dean — Australian documentarian, director, producer, cinematographer, and filmmaker

In stories & tradition

Bentley^es — Secondary character of the Sly Cooper franchise
Bentley Bear^it — Video games character
Bentley Baley — The Caves of Steel (book)

What Bentleys become

Among 34 notable people named Bentley:

Entertainers appear 2.09× more often than among typical names — e.g. Bentley Dean, Australian documentarian, director, producer, cinematographer, and filmmaker.

Similar names: Camden · Benson · Finley · Paxton · Brantley · Oakley

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