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How popular is the name Kenton?

Births per year, rank history and how many Kentons are alive today.

Kenton (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2023 (ranked 4108th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2015, when 10 babies were given the name, the 2150th most popular that year.

The Kenton you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old - or else around 24: the name has two living generations. Half of all Kentons born in England and Wales are between 10 and 27, and there are at least 170 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 Kenton - on average, only one in every 1,783 such rooms contains a Kenton.

How many babies are named Kenton each year?

035810200020201996: 41998: 61999: 52000: 42001: 72002: 32003: 82004: 42005: 82006: 62007: 52008: 42009: 42010: 42011: 42012: 52013: 92014: 32015: 102016: 62017: 52019: 42020: 82021: 82023: 4actual

Where does Kenton rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,3571998: ranked 1,8211999: ranked 2,0972000: ranked 2,5012001: ranked 1,7462002: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 1,7712004: ranked 3,0092005: ranked 1,9912006: ranked 2,5382007: ranked 3,0952008: ranked 3,6872009: ranked 3,7442010: ranked 3,8652011: ranked 3,8302012: ranked 3,4162013: ranked 2,2162014: ranked 4,6322015: ranked 2,1502016: ranked 3,0792017: ranked 3,4492019: ranked 3,9372020: ranked 2,4042021: ranked 2,4932023: ranked 4,108

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.

Chart: babies named Kenton per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2023, peaking at about 10 in 2015
Kenton: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2023. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Kenton most popular?

Kenton peaked in 2015, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Kenton?

At least 170 people named Kenton born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Kenton?

Most living Kentons are between 10 and 27; the most common age is about 12. There is a second cluster around 24.

Is Kenton becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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