Kenten — boys' name
39 babies named Kenten in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
39 boys have been named Kenten since 1978, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2020.
- 39
- total births
- 1978–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Kenten was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Kenten in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenten
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Kenten between 1978 and 2020, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenten currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenten performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kenten shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenten in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 39 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kenten at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kenten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1978
- Peak year (2002)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
39 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 7 births in a single year.
Kenten by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 13 births that decade — 33% of Kenten's all-time total
Kenten decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kenten's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.