Kenyon

Where Kenyon comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kenyon.

Kenyon through the years
  1. 1856
    Kenyon Cox born
    American artist
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,457 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1977
    Kenyon Martin born
    American basketball player
  4. 2005
    Peak, #662
    323 babies named Kenyon, the most in any year.
  5. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,280.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
Namesakes
  • Kenyon Martin · American basketball player, born 1977
  • Kenyon Cox · American artist, 1856–1919
  • Kenyon Martin Jr. · American basketball player, born 2001
  • Kenyon Hopkins · American composer who composed many film scores in a jazz idiom, 1912–1983
  • Kenyon Jones · Macedonian basketball player, 1977–2005

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.