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Kenyon

Gender
Boy
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KEN-yon
Origin
English
US rank, 2025
#3,657 for boys

Kenyon is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).

What does Kenyon mean?

English: English surname from a place in Lancashire

Kenyon College in Ohio, founded in 1824, is named after its English benefactor Lord Kenyon.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Kenyon a girl's or a boy's name?

Kenyon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kenyon in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,657th among boys
Babies in 2025
30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 47% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Kenyon, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,235th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 323 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.

Half of all the boys named Kenyon in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1914Busiest: 323 in 20052025
Kenyon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202530#3,657
202430#3,691
202333#3,472
202249#2,674
202146#2,731
202061#2,235
201952#2,524
201861#2,229
201771#2,003
201654#2,387
201593#1,677
2014116#1,432
2013121#1,387
2012137#1,280
2011187#1,023
2010177#1,086
2009223#926
2008251#851
2007271#796
2006314#701
2005323#662
2004206#859
2003261#713
2002253#707
2001152#999
2000216#768
1999145#979
1998140#978
1997135#970
1996115#1,058
1995119#1,013
1994124#993
1993112#1,038
199290#1,158
199176#1,276
199082#1,196
198970#1,303
198848#1,520
198757#1,293
198663#1,198
198565#1,157
198484#967
198378#1,000
198282#995
198195#920
198096#910
1979123#780
1978138#715
1977150#692
1976145#689
1975143#692
1974138#698
197396#804
1972100#797
197176#933
197069#968
196942#1,221
196835#1,282
196735#1,273
196622#1,649
196532#1,359
196436#1,310
196333#1,353
196230#1,422
196123#1,685
196047#1,138
195921#1,758
195825#1,556
195722#1,714
195631#1,384
195529#1,418
195434#1,291
195322#1,629
195224#1,546
195117#1,837
195018#1,745
194914#2,021
194826#1,429
194716#1,915
194619#1,641
194512#2,008
194417#1,682
194315#1,909
194219#1,629
194112#2,083
194016#1,736
193910#2,288
193815#1,818
193712#2,088
193610#2,301
193515#1,837
193413#2,022
193329#1,230
193219#1,651
193122#1,489
193019#1,693
192912#2,316
192816#1,960
19279#2,911
192614#2,186
192520#1,744
192411#2,641
192312#2,445
192220#1,765
192118#1,903
192015#2,130
191916#1,972
191819#1,766
191712#2,279
19169#2,729
191516#1,781
19148#2,456

Nicknames for Kenyon

Names like Kenyon

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Keegan, Brandon, Brayden, Kevin, Cannon, Brennan, Keenan, Kayden, Kenan, Deacon, Ryan, Kieran

Names related to Kenyon

Kenny, Keyon, Kanyon, Kenay, Kennon, Keno, Kenyan

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie

Every English name

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, “Kenyon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenyon, updated 20 October 2026.