Kenton
Boy
Kenton is a boys' name, meaning “royal”. In 2025 it ranked 1,753rd for boys in the US (92 babies).
What does Kenton mean?
“royal”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kenton a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 92 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kenton in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kenton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Kenton in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Kenton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,753among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 92about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 92 boys in the US were named Kenton, making it the 1,753rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,478th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 188 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Kenton in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #1,753 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,120 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,013 |
| 2022 | 96 | #1,737 |
| 2021 | 96 | #1,700 |
| 2020 | 115 | #1,478 |
| 2019 | 126 | #1,401 |
| 2018 | 128 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 137 | #1,314 |
| 2016 | 159 | #1,194 |
| 2015 | 182 | #1,080 |
| 2014 | 188 | #1,054 |
| 2013 | 163 | #1,115 |
| 2012 | 163 | #1,124 |
| 2011 | 136 | #1,264 |
| 2010 | 111 | #1,470 |
| 2009 | 152 | #1,186 |
| 2008 | 136 | #1,276 |
| 2007 | 125 | #1,341 |
| 2006 | 139 | #1,202 |
| 2005 | 122 | #1,271 |
| 2004 | 131 | #1,181 |
| 2003 | 133 | #1,133 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,241 |
| 2001 | 114 | #1,189 |
| 2000 | 142 | #1,025 |
| 1999 | 132 | #1,046 |
| 1998 | 142 | #968 |
| 1997 | 145 | #929 |
| 1996 | 139 | #933 |
| 1995 | 156 | #870 |
| 1994 | 140 | #924 |
| 1993 | 133 | #931 |
| 1992 | 134 | #911 |
| 1991 | 152 | #837 |
| 1990 | 139 | #865 |
| 1989 | 150 | #805 |
| 1988 | 144 | #788 |
| 1987 | 147 | #752 |
| 1986 | 148 | #747 |
| 1985 | 136 | #761 |
| 1984 | 166 | #673 |
| 1983 | 146 | #709 |
| 1982 | 125 | #788 |
| 1981 | 110 | #837 |
| 1980 | 121 | #796 |
| 1979 | 98 | #882 |
| 1978 | 100 | #860 |
| 1977 | 93 | #875 |
| 1976 | 82 | #921 |
| 1975 | 91 | #870 |
| 1974 | 88 | #852 |
| 1973 | 85 | #860 |
| 1972 | 83 | #885 |
| 1971 | 116 | #763 |
| 1970 | 98 | #818 |
| 1969 | 111 | #742 |
| 1968 | 122 | #680 |
| 1967 | 121 | #677 |
| 1966 | 115 | #692 |
| 1965 | 129 | #653 |
| 1964 | 151 | #634 |
| 1963 | 174 | #596 |
| 1962 | 153 | #627 |
| 1961 | 136 | #668 |
| 1960 | 157 | #620 |
| 1959 | 157 | #617 |
| 1958 | 174 | #585 |
| 1957 | 150 | #624 |
| 1956 | 151 | #618 |
| 1955 | 145 | #615 |
| 1954 | 156 | #589 |
| 1953 | 124 | #639 |
| 1952 | 122 | #633 |
| 1951 | 133 | #609 |
| 1950 | 98 | #690 |
| 1949 | 97 | #691 |
| 1948 | 81 | #751 |
| 1947 | 91 | #718 |
| 1946 | 90 | #681 |
| 1945 | 59 | #809 |
| 1944 | 67 | #761 |
| 1943 | 69 | #787 |
| 1942 | 48 | #958 |
| 1941 | 44 | #960 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1939 | 46 | #916 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,125 |
| 1937 | 45 | #932 |
| 1936 | 42 | #949 |
| 1935 | 41 | #992 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,051 |
| 1932 | 41 | #1,035 |
| 1931 | 47 | #959 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,647 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 32 | #1,279 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,396 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,475 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,595 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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