How rare is the name Kenton?

8,996 people in the United States have the first name Kenton, about 1 in 33,574. It ranks #2,639 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KENTON

#2,639

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,996
About
1 in 33,574
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 8,996 people named Kenton, 76.3% reported their origin as White, 13.5% as Black and 3.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kenton peaked in 2014, when 188 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
188
In 2025*
92 ▼51%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,280 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kenton by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,406. The largest share of babies named Kenton, 22.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#3,681121
1920s#3,099239
1930s#2,125381
1940s#1,731681
1950s#1,4061,410
1960s#1,5261,369
1970s#2,036934
1980s#1,7961,393
1990s#2,1521,412
2000s#2,7641,303
2010s#2,6921,493
2020s#3,789544
Greatest Generation 1901–272.7%
Silent Generation 1928–456.7%
Baby boom 1946–6422.5%
Generation X 1965–8014.7%
Millennials 1981–9620.1%
Generation Z 1997–1218.9%
2013 and later14.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kenton is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kenton has been most common in Kansas (5.7×), Kentucky (3.6×), and Indiana (3.5×), and least common in New York (0.25×).

6,045 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kenton

#2,637 Rina · 9,004#2,638 Nga · 9,003#2,640 Eleazar · 8,971#2,641 Fallon · 8,969

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kenton, most common first.

#14,606 Kendon · 804

Also a last name

As a last name, Kenton ranks #16,124 of 156,621, with 1,737 people. See Kenton as a last name

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