Fenton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FEN-tun
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Fenton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “marsh settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Fenton mean?
English: English surname from places named Fenton
“marsh settlement”
Is Fenton a girl's or a boy's name?
Fenton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fenton in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Fenton, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 44 boys.
Half of all the boys named Fenton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Fenton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 40 | #833 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,066 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 29 | #997 |
| 2007 | 44 | #710 |
| 2006 | 29 | #914 |
| 2005 | 34 | #796 |
| 2004 | 41 | #649 |
| 2003 | 26 | #862 |
| 2002 | 30 | #707 |
| 2001 | 25 | #768 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Fenton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Fenton, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1922, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Fenton in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fenton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 19 | #1,851 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 21 | #1,771 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,816 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,730 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,333 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,471 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,901 |
| 1937 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,509 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,489 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,644 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,480 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,178 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,124 |
| 1925 | 36 | #1,184 |
| 1924 | 34 | #1,246 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,275 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,120 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,390 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,234 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,097 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,192 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,586 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,221 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,173 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,174 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 6 | #942 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 9 | #738 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
Names like Fenton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leon, Charlie, Harrison, Harry, Harvey, Stanley, Leo, Archie, Harley, William, Ellis, Harris
Names related to Fenton
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fenton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fenton, updated 20 October 2026.