Kenton

#1,753 for boys in 2025, 92 births

Peak · boys
#586
1958 · 174 births
Debut · boys
1912
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,280
since 1912

Kenton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kenton has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #586, 1958boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,75392
2024#2,12070
2023#2,01475
2022#1,73796
2021#1,70096
2020#1,478115
2019#1,401126
2018#1,375128
2017#1,314137
2016#1,194159
2015#1,080182
2014#1,054188
2013#1,115163
2012#1,124163
2011#1,264136
2010#1,470111
2009#1,186152
2008#1,276136
2007#1,341125
2006#1,202139
2005#1,272122
2004#1,183131
2003#1,134133
2002#1,244109
2001#1,191114
2000#1,027142
1999#1,048132
1998#970142
1997#931145
1996#935139
1995#873156
1994#927140
1993#933133
1992#914134
1991#841152
1990#869139
1989#808150
1988#789144
1987#752147
1986#747148
1985#761136
1984#673166
1983#709146
1982#788125
1981#837110
1980#796121
1979#88298
1978#860100
1977#87593
1976#92182
1975#87091
1974#85288
1973#86085
1972#88583
1971#763116
1970#81898
1969#742111
1968#680122
1967#677121
1966#692115
1965#653129
1964#634151
1963#596174
1962#627153
1961#669136
1960#621157
1959#618157
1958#586174
1957#625150
1956#619151
1955#616145
1954#590156
1953#640124
1952#634122
1951#610133
1950#69198
1949#69297
1948#75281
1947#71991
1946#68190
1945#80959
1944#76167
1943#78769
1942#95848
1941#96044
1940#1,10735
1939#91646
1938#1,12533
1937#93245
1936#94942
1935#99241
1934#1,21330
1933#1,05138
1932#1,03541
1931#95947
1930#1,75318
1929#1,48024
1928#1,32330
1927#1,64722
1926#2,07415
1925#1,27932
1924#1,57724
1923#2,02016
1922#1,39628
1921#1,47526
1920#1,64222
1919#1,48124
1918#1,59622
1917#1,98615
1916#2,04314
1915#1,87815
1914#1,86812
1913#1,67611
1912#1,8858
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Kenton! It came in at #1,885, and was given to 8 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.

See more about Kenton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 367 spots since 2024 (#2,120 → #1,753)
  • 275 spots since 2020 (#1,478 → #1,753)
  • 673 spots since 2015 (#1,080 → #1,753)
  • Biggest jump: 794 spots in 1931 (#1,753 → #959)
  • Biggest drop: 193 spots in 1938 (#932 → #1,125)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1958 at #586 (174 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1941–1998
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,217
  • Highest: 1 in 10,217 boys born in 2014 were named Kenton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,566 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #586 in 1958, was only 1 in 12,198 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 13.2% of all boys named Kenton (1,493) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s121#1,481 (1919)#1,802
1920s239#1,279 (1925)#1,591
1930s381#916 (1939)#1,093
1940s681#681 (1946)#823
1950s1,410#586 (1958)#623
1960s1,369#596 (1963)#659
1970s934#763 (1971)#859
1980s1,393#673 (1984)#766
1990s1,412#841 (1991)#924
2000s1,303#1,027 (2000)#1,206
2010s1,493#1,054 (2014)#1,239
2020s544#1,478 (2020)#1,800

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kenton in 2017

boys
#1,314
137 births · 1 in 13,511 boys

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #1,314Kenton137
More about 2017

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 13,511 of them was named Kenton, which outranked 90.8% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenton
  1. #1,306Mikel138
  2. #1,306Nazir138
  3. #1,306Zephaniah138
  4. #1,314Kenton137
  5. #1,314Braxtyn137
  6. #1,314Daylen137
  7. #1,314Devonte137
  8. #1,321Axle136
  9. #1,321Barron136
  10. #1,321Barry136

Tied with 6 names at #1,314; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →