Kenton
Kenton is the name of:Kenton Allen, British television producer Kenton Clarke, American entrepreneur and musician Kenton Coe (1930–2021), American composer Kenton Cool, English mountaineer Kenton Couse (1721–1790), English architect Kenton Duty, American actor and singer Kenton Edelin (1962–2022), American basketball player and attorney Kenton Forsythe (1944–2023), American engineer and…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kenton
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kenton is the name of:Kenton Allen, British television producer Kenton Clarke, American entrepreneur and musician Kenton Coe (1930–2021), American composer Kenton Cool, English mountaineer Kenton Couse (1721–1790), English architect Kenton Duty, American actor and singer Kenton Edelin (1962–2022), American basketball player and attorney Kenton Forsythe (1944–2023), American engineer and…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kenton
Kenton first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1912, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 188 Kentons were born — ranking #1,054 that year. As of 2026, Kenton ranks #2,377 for baby boys with 60 births, falling sharply (-39%). In total, more than 11K Kentons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Where is Kenton most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- JM48%
- United States24%
- United Kingdom13%
- CR9%
- New Zealand7%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
Names that sound like Kenton
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Kenton
Kenton is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 11K births in the dataset. Kenton's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #586. Use the chart and map above to compare Kenton's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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