Kenton
#1,098 most common boys' name of all time · #2,601 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2025
Rank among boys
#1,098
Rank overall
#2,601 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
11,280
Since 2016
1,094
Peak year
2014 #1,055
Best rank
#588 1958
Girls
Boys
peak 188/yr
Kenton first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,756 |
| 2024 | — | 70 | 70 | #2,122 |
| 2023 | — | 75 | 75 | #2,019 |
| 2022 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,740 |
| 2021 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,702 |
| 2020 | — | 115 | 115 | #1,480 |
| 2019 | — | 126 | 126 | #1,402 |
| 2018 | — | 128 | 128 | #1,379 |
| 2017 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,314 |
| 2016 | — | 159 | 159 | #1,194 |
| 2015 | — | 182 | 182 | #1,080 |
| 2014 | — | 188 | 188 | #1,055 |
| 2013 | — | 163 | 163 | #1,116 |
| 2012 | — | 163 | 163 | #1,126 |
| 2011 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,264 |
| 2010 | — | 111 | 111 | #1,474 |
| 2009 | — | 152 | 152 | #1,187 |
| 2008 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,279 |
| 2007 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,342 |
| 2006 | — | 139 | 139 | #1,206 |
| 2005 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,275 |
| 2004 | — | 131 | 131 | #1,184 |
| 2003 | — | 133 | 133 | #1,135 |
| 2002 | — | 109 | 109 | #1,250 |
| 2001 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,194 |
| 2000 | — | 142 | 142 | #1,028 |
| 1999 | — | 132 | 132 | #1,048 |
| 1998 | — | 142 | 142 | #971 |
| 1997 | — | 145 | 145 | #934 |
| 1996 | — | 139 | 139 | #937 |
| 1995 | — | 156 | 156 | #874 |
| 1994 | — | 140 | 140 | #930 |
| 1993 | — | 133 | 133 | #933 |
| 1992 | — | 134 | 134 | #914 |
| 1991 | — | 152 | 152 | #842 |
| 1990 | — | 139 | 139 | #870 |
| 1989 | — | 150 | 150 | #808 |
| 1988 | — | 144 | 144 | #792 |
| 1987 | — | 147 | 147 | #752 |
| 1986 | — | 148 | 148 | #748 |
| 1985 | — | 136 | 136 | #761 |
| 1984 | — | 166 | 166 | #674 |
| 1983 | — | 146 | 146 | #709 |
| 1982 | — | 125 | 125 | #791 |
| 1981 | — | 110 | 110 | #838 |
| 1980 | — | 121 | 121 | #798 |
| 1979 | — | 98 | 98 | #885 |
| 1978 | — | 100 | 100 | #861 |
| 1977 | — | 93 | 93 | #879 |
| 1976 | — | 82 | 82 | #925 |
| 1975 | — | 91 | 91 | #874 |
| 1974 | — | 88 | 88 | #854 |
| 1973 | — | 85 | 85 | #864 |
| 1972 | — | 83 | 83 | #886 |
| 1971 | — | 116 | 116 | #763 |
| 1970 | — | 98 | 98 | #822 |
| 1969 | — | 111 | 111 | #745 |
| 1968 | — | 122 | 122 | #683 |
| 1967 | — | 121 | 121 | #678 |
| 1966 | — | 115 | 115 | #693 |
| 1965 | — | 129 | 129 | #654 |
| 1964 | — | 151 | 151 | #634 |
| 1963 | — | 174 | 174 | #597 |
| 1962 | — | 153 | 153 | #628 |
| 1961 | — | 136 | 136 | #670 |
| 1960 | — | 157 | 157 | #622 |
| 1959 | — | 157 | 157 | #619 |
| 1958 | — | 174 | 174 | #588 |
| 1957 | — | 150 | 150 | #626 |
| 1956 | — | 151 | 151 | #621 |
| 1955 | — | 145 | 145 | #618 |
| 1954 | — | 156 | 156 | #591 |
| 1953 | — | 124 | 124 | #640 |
| 1952 | — | 122 | 122 | #637 |
| 1951 | — | 133 | 133 | #613 |
| 1950 | — | 98 | 98 | #693 |
| 1949 | — | 97 | 97 | #697 |
| 1948 | — | 81 | 81 | #754 |
| 1947 | — | 91 | 91 | #722 |
| 1946 | — | 90 | 90 | #684 |
| 1945 | — | 59 | 59 | #816 |
| 1944 | — | 67 | 67 | #768 |
| 1943 | — | 69 | 69 | #795 |
| 1942 | — | 48 | 48 | #966 |
| 1941 | — | 44 | 44 | #969 |
| 1940 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,130 |
| 1939 | — | 46 | 46 | #930 |
| 1938 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,147 |
| 1937 | — | 45 | 45 | #940 |
| 1936 | — | 42 | 42 | #970 |
| 1935 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,010 |
| 1934 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,233 |
| 1933 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,075 |
| 1932 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,053 |
| 1931 | — | 47 | 47 | #973 |
| 1930 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,805 |
| 1929 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,515 |
| 1928 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,350 |
| 1927 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,684 |
| 1926 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,153 |
| 1925 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,302 |
| 1924 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,620 |
| 1923 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,096 |
| 1922 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,431 |
| 1921 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,506 |
| 1920 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,687 |
| 1919 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,526 |
| 1918 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1917 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,067 |
| 1916 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,126 |
| 1915 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,950 |
| 1914 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,953 |
| 1913 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,791 |
| 1912 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,023 |