How Many People Are Named Kenton?
people named Kenton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 36,822 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,280 babies named Kenton in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
188 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from an English place name meaning either "town on the River Kenn" or "royal town" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kenton in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kenton alive today is about 37 years old, and 41% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 57 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kenton first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2014, to 188 babies. In 2025, 92 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kenton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #586, in 1958. In 2025 it ranked #1,758.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,758 |
| Best rank | #586 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,216 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kenton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kenton were born in California than in any other state: about 662 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kenton was given 6 times as often in Kansas, 4.1 times in Kentucky and 3.5 times in Indiana.
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