# Bentlee (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bentlee/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,139 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,202 / 937 (18% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern variant of Bentley.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 89 | 2,146 |
| 2012 | 87 | 2,162 |
| 2013 | 82 | 2,262 |
| 2014 | 62 | 2,787 |
| 2015 | 53 | 3,141 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2,870 |
| 2017 | 52 | 3,099 |
| 2018 | 48 | 3,297 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,728 |
| 2020 | 35 | 4,022 |
| 2021 | 32 | 4,342 |
| 2022 | 45 | 3,480 |
| 2023 | 28 | 4,771 |
| 2024 | 22 | 5,648 |
| 2025 | 25 | 5,119 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 368 | 636 |
| 2012 | 446 | 576 |
| 2013 | 402 | 617 |
| 2014 | 353 | 701 |
| 2015 | 319 | 755 |
| 2016 | 282 | 815 |
| 2017 | 268 | 829 |
| 2018 | 246 | 886 |
| 2019 | 265 | 845 |
| 2020 | 254 | 892 |
| 2021 | 196 | 1,082 |
| 2022 | 167 | 1,198 |
| 2023 | 146 | 1,309 |
| 2024 | 108 | 1,591 |
| 2025 | 94 | 1,730 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.