Kensington

Where Kensington comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kensington.

Kensington through the years
  1. 1997
    First appearance
    #10,836 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2008
    Kensington Tallman born
    American actress
  3. 2015
    Peak, #972
    278 babies named Kensington, the most in any year.
  4. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,552.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Kensington Tallman · American actress, born 2008

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.