Kenton
Kenton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 70 births. Its best rank was 587th, in 1958.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 700.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2014188 births
- Best rank
- #587in 1958
- Since 1912
- 11,187people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,187 boys have been named Kenton in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 188 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 2010s alone account for 13%. It has spent 62 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kenton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 121 | |
| 1920s | 239 | |
| 1930s | 381 | |
| 1940s | 681 | |
| 1950s | 1,410 | |
| 1960s | 1,368 | |
| 1970s | 934 | |
| 1980s | 1,393 | |
| 1990s | 1,412 | |
| 2000s | 1,303 | |
| 2010s | 1,493 | |
| 2020s | 452 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Kenton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Kenton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kennonpeak 2004
- Sammuelpeak 2009
- Mikelpeak 2004
- Reynaldopeak 1991
- Tinopeak 1972
- Jonnypeak 2008
- Joelpeak 1985
- Darellpeak 1988
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.