NameTides

Kenton

Kenton was the #1,753 boys' name in the US in 2025 (92 babies), and #3,153 in Canada.

Kenton as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kenton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Kenton as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,753 (92)—#3,153 (5)
2024#2,120 (70)—#3,072 (5)
2023#2,014 (75)#4,108 (4)#2,921 (5)
2022#1,737 (96)—#2,229 (7)
2021#1,700 (96)#2,493 (8)#1,761 (10)
2020#1,478 (115)#2,404 (8)#2,013 (8)
2019#1,401 (126)#3,937 (4)#1,835 (9)
2018#1,375 (128)—#1,471 (12)
2017#1,314 (137)#3,449 (5)#1,246 (16)
2016#1,194 (159)#3,079 (6)#1,683 (10)
2015#1,080 (182)#2,150 (10)#1,204 (16)
2014#1,054 (188)#4,632 (3)#1,152 (17)
2013#1,115 (163)#2,216 (9)#1,470 (12)
2012#1,124 (163)#3,416 (5)#996 (21)
2011#1,264 (136)#3,830 (4)#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #1,054.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 19,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kenton is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 17,000 to 1 in 30,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kenton by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kenton (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KentonCanadaBoys#3,1535
KentonEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KentonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KentonUSBoys#1,75392