Kenton

Where Kenton comes from

From either the Old English personal name Cena or cyne- (“royal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Kenton
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #1,885 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Peak, #586
    174 babies named Kenton — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1962
    Kenton Edelin born
    American basketball player
  4. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #885.
  5. 1995
    Kenton Duty born
    American actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Kenton Duty · American actor, born 1995
  • Kenton Edelin · American basketball player, 1962–2022
  • Kenton Cool · British mountain climber, born 1973
  • Kenton Smith · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1979

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.