Kenston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEN-ston
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Kenston is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
Where does Kenston come from?
Modern: Ken + the -ston ending of English place names
Is Kenston a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kenston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Kenston, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Kenston in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
Nicknames for Kenston
- Ken 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kenston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayson, Kyson, Kashton, Jaxton, Daxton, Jettson, Kingston, Kylo, Hudson, Kyaire, Colson, Kayden
Names related to Kenston
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kenston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenston, updated 20 October 2026.