Kenton
#1,753 for boys in 2025, 92 births
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 174 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,280since 1912
Kenton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kenton has never cracked the top 500 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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,753 | 92 |
| 2024 | #2,120 | 70 |
| 2023 | #2,014 | 75 |
| 2022 | #1,737 | 96 |
| 2021 | #1,700 | 96 |
| 2020 | #1,478 | 115 |
| 2019 | #1,401 | 126 |
| 2018 | #1,375 | 128 |
| 2017 | #1,314 | 137 |
| 2016 | #1,194 | 159 |
| 2015 | #1,080 | 182 |
| 2014 | #1,054 | 188 |
| 2013 | #1,115 | 163 |
| 2012 | #1,124 | 163 |
| 2011 | #1,264 | 136 |
| 2010 | #1,470 | 111 |
| 2009 | #1,186 | 152 |
| 2008 | #1,276 | 136 |
| 2007 | #1,341 | 125 |
| 2006 | #1,202 | 139 |
| 2005 | #1,272 | 122 |
| 2004 | #1,183 | 131 |
| 2003 | #1,134 | 133 |
| 2002 | #1,244 | 109 |
| 2001 | #1,191 | 114 |
| 2000 | #1,027 | 142 |
| 1999 | #1,048 | 132 |
| 1998 | #970 | 142 |
| 1997 | #931 | 145 |
| 1996 | #935 | 139 |
| 1995 | #873 | 156 |
| 1994 | #927 | 140 |
| 1993 | #933 | 133 |
| 1992 | #914 | 134 |
| 1991 | #841 | 152 |
| 1990 | #869 | 139 |
| 1989 | #808 | 150 |
| 1988 | #789 | 144 |
| 1987 | #752 | 147 |
| 1986 | #747 | 148 |
| 1985 | #761 | 136 |
| 1984 | #673 | 166 |
| 1983 | #709 | 146 |
| 1982 | #788 | 125 |
| 1981 | #837 | 110 |
| 1980 | #796 | 121 |
| 1979 | #882 | 98 |
| 1978 | #860 | 100 |
| 1977 | #875 | 93 |
| 1976 | #921 | 82 |
| 1975 | #870 | 91 |
| 1974 | #852 | 88 |
| 1973 | #860 | 85 |
| 1972 | #885 | 83 |
| 1971 | #763 | 116 |
| 1970 | #818 | 98 |
| 1969 | #742 | 111 |
| 1968 | #680 | 122 |
| 1967 | #677 | 121 |
| 1966 | #692 | 115 |
| 1965 | #653 | 129 |
| 1964 | #634 | 151 |
| 1963 | #596 | 174 |
| 1962 | #627 | 153 |
| 1961 | #669 | 136 |
| 1960 | #621 | 157 |
| 1959 | #618 | 157 |
| 1958 | #586 | 174 |
| 1957 | #625 | 150 |
| 1956 | #619 | 151 |
| 1955 | #616 | 145 |
| 1954 | #590 | 156 |
| 1953 | #640 | 124 |
| 1952 | #634 | 122 |
| 1951 | #610 | 133 |
| 1950 | #691 | 98 |
| 1949 | #692 | 97 |
| 1948 | #752 | 81 |
| 1947 | #719 | 91 |
| 1946 | #681 | 90 |
| 1945 | #809 | 59 |
| 1944 | #761 | 67 |
| 1943 | #787 | 69 |
| 1942 | #958 | 48 |
| 1941 | #960 | 44 |
| 1940 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #916 | 46 |
| 1938 | #1,125 | 33 |
| 1937 | #932 | 45 |
| 1936 | #949 | 42 |
| 1935 | #992 | 41 |
| 1934 | #1,213 | 30 |
| 1933 | #1,051 | 38 |
| 1932 | #1,035 | 41 |
| 1931 | #959 | 47 |
| 1930 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #1,480 | 24 |
| 1928 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,279 | 32 |
| 1924 | #1,577 | 24 |
| 1923 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1920 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Kenton! It came in at #1,885, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.
Where Kenton is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Kentucky#301 · 1 in 3,514
- Virginia#379 · 1 in 4,235
- Florida#630 · 1 in 8,536
- Louisiana#640 · 1 in 7,312
- Pennsylvania#658 · 1 in 15,323
Best ever in a state: #138 in Wyoming, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #301 | 8 | 1 in 3,514 |
| Virginia | #379 | 8 | 1 in 4,235 |
| Florida | #630 | 7 | 1 in 8,536 |
| Louisiana | #640 | 5 | 1 in 7,312 |
| Pennsylvania | #658 | 5 | 1 in 15,323 |
| Michigan | #659 | 5 | 1 in 13,467 |
| Illinois | #801 | 6 | 1 in 14,401 |
| Texas | #875 | 9 | 1 in 14,827 |
| California | #1,338 | 6 | 1 in 32,045 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 367 spots since 2024 (#2,120 → #1,753)
- 275 spots since 2020 (#1,478 → #1,753)
- 673 spots since 2015 (#1,080 → #1,753)
- Biggest jump: 794 spots in 1931 (#1,753 → #959)
- Biggest drop: 193 spots in 1938 (#932 → #1,125)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1958 at #586 (174 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1941–1998
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,217
- Highest: 1 in 10,217 boys born in 2014 were named Kenton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,566 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #586 in 1958, was only 1 in 12,198 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 13.2% of all boys named Kenton (1,493) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 121 | #1,481 (1919) | #1,802 |
| 1920s | 239 | #1,279 (1925) | #1,591 |
| 1930s | 381 | #916 (1939) | #1,093 |
| 1940s | 681 | #681 (1946) | #823 |
| 1950s | 1,410 | #586 (1958) | #623 |
| 1960s | 1,369 | #596 (1963) | #659 |
| 1970s | 934 | #763 (1971) | #859 |
| 1980s | 1,393 | #673 (1984) | #766 |
| 1990s | 1,412 | #841 (1991) | #924 |
| 2000s | 1,303 | #1,027 (2000) | #1,206 |
| 2010s | 1,493 | #1,054 (2014) | #1,239 |
| 2020s | 544 | #1,478 (2020) | #1,800 |
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.
Kenton in 1980
boys
#796
121 births · 1 in 14,743 boys
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 14,743 of them was named Kenton, which outranked 89.1% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).