Fenton
#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1895 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,046since 1883
Fenton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Fenton has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #4,480 | 22 |
| 2018 | #3,891 | 27 |
| 2017 | #4,331 | 23 |
| 2016 | #3,441 | 32 |
| 2015 | #3,022 | 38 |
| 2014 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #4,313 | 22 |
| 2012 | #3,179 | 35 |
| 2011 | #4,509 | 21 |
| 2010 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #3,793 | 27 |
| 2006 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #1,977 | 18 |
| 1968 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #1,852 | 19 |
| 1961 | #1,731 | 22 |
| 1960 | #1,772 | 21 |
| 1959 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #1,446 | 29 |
| 1957 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #1,508 | 25 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #1,701 | 19 |
| 1949 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #1,850 | 17 |
| 1946 | #1,884 | 15 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,471 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,310 | 26 |
| 1932 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | #1,489 | 22 |
| 1930 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1927 | #1,178 | 37 |
| 1926 | #1,124 | 40 |
| 1925 | #1,184 | 36 |
| 1924 | #1,246 | 34 |
| 1923 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1922 | #1,120 | 40 |
| 1921 | #1,390 | 29 |
| 1920 | #1,234 | 34 |
| 1919 | #1,097 | 39 |
| 1918 | #1,192 | 34 |
| 1917 | #1,587 | 21 |
| 1916 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,015 | 39 |
| 1914 | #1,221 | 23 |
| 1913 | #1,173 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #798 | 10 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Fenton! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 454 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #6,803)
- 1,568 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #6,803)
- 3,781 spots since 2015 (#3,022 → #6,803)
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1901 (#1,310 → #943)
- Biggest drop: 247 spots in 1908 (#866 → #1,113)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1895 at #738 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1903–1904
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,044
- Highest: 1 in 13,044 boys born in 1895 were named Fenton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 15.5% of all boys named Fenton (317) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #815 (1888) | #854 |
| 1890s | 26 | #738 (1895) | #939 |
| 1900s | 72 | #798 (1906) | #1,014 |
| 1910s | 230 | #1,015 (1915) | #1,265 |
| 1920s | 317 | #1,120 (1922) | #1,382 |
| 1930s | 196 | #1,293 (1934) | #1,607 |
| 1940s | 176 | #1,333 (1941) | #1,736 |
| 1950s | 185 | #1,446 (1958) | #1,873 |
| 1960s | 161 | #1,731 (1961) | #2,083 |
| 1970s | 82 | #2,509 (1970) | #3,447 |
| 1980s | 80 | #3,482 (1982) | #5,105 |
| 1990s | 46 | #4,993 (1990) | #7,528 |
| 2000s | 135 | #3,793 (2007) | #5,868 |
| 2010s | 253 | #3,022 (2015) | #4,190 |
| 2020s | 75 | #5,235 (2020) | #6,865 |
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.
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