first name
KENYON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,047 people named Kenyon, 50% reported their origin as Black, 33.5% as White and 9.2% as two or more races. 96.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kenyon peaked in 2005, when 323 babies got the name.
At least 8,164 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.
Kenyon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,725. The largest share of babies named Kenyon, 42.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Kenyon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kenyon has been most common in Utah (3.8×), Louisiana (2.9×), and Georgia (2.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.23×).
4,262 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 Kenyon
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kenyon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kenyon ranks #2,866 of 156,621, with 12,274 people. See Kenyon as a last name
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