Boy
Kenton
Kenton means "Old English place name" and comes from Old English, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It has stayed remarkably steady since peaking in the 1990s. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. Its single strongest year on record was 2014.
Old EnglishOld English place name
Etymology"Royal manor" or "town of Cyne"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
121
1920s
239
1930s
381
1940s
681
1950s
1,407
1960s
1,368
1970s
934
1980s
1,393
1990s
1,412
2000s
1,302
2010s
1,235
Peaked in the 1990s · 10,473 total U.S. births since 1900