Fenton
Fenton was given to 12 boys in 2025, #6,919 among boys’ names; 2,046 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,000 Americans named Fenton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (49% of everyone recorded); the median is 36 years old and half are between 13 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Fenton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Fenton?
#6,919 among boys’ names, 2025
Fenton fell from #3,042 in 2015 to #6,919 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 19.8 to 7.0 per million.
40 babies in 1922, the peak
Fenton peaked in 1922, when 40 boys were given it, #1,124 among boys’ names. The 12 births of 2025 are 30% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,919 | 7.0 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,410 | 6.4 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,458 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,523 | 5.2 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,404 | 9.7 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,318 | 9.8 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,520 | 12.3 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,917 | 14.9 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,362 | 12.4 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,464 | 16.9 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 38 | #3,042 | 19.8 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,317 | 8.9 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,369 | 11.6 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,187 | 18.5 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,551 | 11.1 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,566 | 8.3 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,806 | 10.1 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,588 | 10.3 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,816 | 13.0 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,145 | 8.3 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,373 | 7.5 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,377 | 4.0 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,432 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,219 | 4.6 |
| 2001 | 9 | #7,093 | 4.6 |
| 1999 | 6 | #9,066 | 3.1 |
| 1998 | 5 | #10,126 | 2.6 |
| 1995 | 6 | #8,126 | 3.2 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,959 | 3.1 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,766 | 3.0 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,750 | 3.5 |
| 1990 | 10 | #5,115 | 4.9 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,816 | 4.0 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,649 | 2.6 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,109 | 4.3 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,514 | 3.8 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,878 | 2.7 |
| 1984 | 10 | #4,012 | 5.5 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,588 | 2.8 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,548 | 6.6 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,936 | 5.6 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,931 | 5.6 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,895 | 5.8 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,693 | 4.3 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,937 | 5.5 |
| 1975 | 8 | #4,063 | 5.1 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,195 | 7.0 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,024 | 6.8 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,866 | 6.8 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,544 | 7.5 |
| 1969 | 18 | #2,006 | 10.1 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,487 | 6.9 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,178 | 8.0 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,523 | 6.2 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,947 | 9.1 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,141 | 7.5 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,454 | 5.9 |
| 1962 | 19 | #1,868 | 9.2 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,752 | 10.4 |
| 1960 | 21 | #1,785 | 9.8 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,999 | 8.0 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,458 | 13.7 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,907 | 8.3 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,119 | 7.1 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,748 | 9.7 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,848 | 8.8 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,527 | 12.7 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,577 | 5.1 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,081 | 7.4 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,713 | 10.6 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,722 | 10.7 |
| 1948 | 17 | #1,839 | 9.7 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,871 | 9.3 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,906 | 9.2 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,040 | 8.9 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,594 | 13.9 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,011 | 9.8 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,761 | 12.3 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,344 | 20.4 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,492 | 18.1 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,744 | 14.5 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,923 | 12.6 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,027 | 12.2 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,670 | 16.4 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,611 | 18.2 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,299 | 26.1 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,316 | 26.2 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,523 | 21.1 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,508 | 21.2 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,665 | 18.2 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,656 | 9.3 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,492 | 22.6 |
| 1927 | 37 | #1,184 | 32.8 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,132 | 36.0 |
| 1925 | 36 | #1,190 | 32.3 |
| 1924 | 34 | #1,256 | 30.0 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,286 | 29.2 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,124 | 36.8 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,400 | 26.3 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,242 | 31.9 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,106 | 39.8 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,200 | 33.5 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,608 | 22.7 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,352 | 29.2 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,025 | 46.0 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,239 | 35.1 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,183 | 37.1 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,197 | 37.2 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,605 | 26.6 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,348 | 36.0 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,193 | 42.7 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,144 | 45.4 |
| 1907 | 10 | #893 | 68.1 |
| 1906 | 10 | #814 | 75.1 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,028 | 52.9 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,001 | 54.6 |
| 1903 | 8 | #865 | 67.1 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,193 | 40.8 |
| 1901 | 6 | #986 | 56.4 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,382 | 33.2 |
| 1898 | 7 | #916 | 57.1 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,120 | 44.3 |
| 1895 | 9 | #758 | 76.7 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,137 | 43.2 |
| 1888 | 7 | #856 | 57.9 |
| 1883 | 5 | #947 | 47.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Fenton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Fenton has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 126 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Fenton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Fenton, and how old are they?
1,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 49% of the 2,046 Americans ever recorded as Fenton. The median Fenton alive today is 36 years old; half are between 13 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 1,099 people named Fenton (33 women and girls, 1,066 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,030 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 61 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 227 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 143 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 99 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 215 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 254 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Fenton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Fenton and names like it
- Compare Fenton and AcieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sFenton peaked in 1922.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Fenton since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Fenton.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Fenton alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with FMost given first.