# Kenton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kenton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “royal”, “enclosure”, “settlement”, “town” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɛn.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,280 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,280 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 138, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Cena or cyne- (“royal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## What it means

Kenton is grouped under king.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 136 | 1,270 |
| 2012 | 163 | 1,126 |
| 2013 | 163 | 1,116 |
| 2014 | 188 | 1,056 |
| 2015 | 182 | 1,081 |
| 2016 | 159 | 1,196 |
| 2017 | 137 | 1,320 |
| 2018 | 128 | 1,378 |
| 2019 | 126 | 1,403 |
| 2020 | 115 | 1,483 |
| 2021 | 96 | 1,704 |
| 2022 | 96 | 1,741 |
| 2023 | 75 | 2,021 |
| 2024 | 70 | 2,124 |
| 2025 | 92 | 1,758 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## People named Kenton

- Kenton Duty, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.