Kenton — #2115 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kenton

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,187 babies named Kenton between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenton currently holds the #2115 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 188 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,493 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Kenton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 782 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kenton in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kenton 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 11,187 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.