Spellings
Bentley or Bentlee?
In the US in 2025, 92% of babies in this name family were spelled Bentley and 7% Bentlee. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Bentley already led in 2015, with 90% of the family's births; it has 94% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 4,802 to 1,762 births (−63%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | 4,342 | 1,649 | −62% |
| Bentlee | 319 | 94 | −71% |
| Bently | 141 | 19 | −87% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈbɛntli/ (BENT-lee). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Bentley 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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