Kentaro
Kentarō, Kentaro, Kentarou or Kentaroh is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:DJ Kentaro, Japanese DJ, remixer Kentaro Asahi , Japanese volleyball player Kentarō Haneda , Japanese composer, pianist Kentaro Hashimoto , Japanese baseball player Kentaro Hayashi , Japanese football player Kentarō Ishii , Japanese shogi player Kentaro Ishikawa , Japanese football…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Kentaro
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kentarō, Kentaro, Kentarou or Kentaroh is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:DJ Kentaro, Japanese DJ, remixer Kentaro Asahi , Japanese volleyball player Kentarō Haneda , Japanese composer, pianist Kentaro Hashimoto , Japanese baseball player Kentaro Hayashi , Japanese football player Kentarō Ishii , Japanese shogi player Kentaro Ishikawa , Japanese football…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Kentaro
Kentaro first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1974, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1995: 18 births, good for #3,559 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 32% of all recorded Kentaros. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2019 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 346 Kentaros have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Kentaro
Kentaro is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 346 births in the dataset. Kentaro's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #3,559. Use the chart and map above to compare Kentaro's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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