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How popular is the name Fenton?
Births per year, rank history and how many Fentons are alive today.
Fenton (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 3684th in 2025 and given to 5 babies. The name peaked in 2007, when 44 babies were given the name, the 651st most popular that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 11% of its peak.
The Fenton you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Fentons born in England and Wales are between 15 and 23, and there are at least 560 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Fenton - on average, only one in every 542 such rooms contains a Fenton.
How many babies are named Fenton each year?
Where does Fenton rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Fenton most popular?
Fenton peaked in 2007, when 44 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Fenton?
At least 560 people named Fenton born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Fenton?
Most living Fentons are between 15 and 23; the most common age is about 20.
Is Fenton becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2007 peak.