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Boy

Kenyon

Kenyon is a boy's name meaning "Welsh/Irish", drawing on Welsh roots. It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

WelshWelsh/Irish
Etymology"Ainion's mound" or "white-haired"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
80
1920s
147
1930s
164
1940s
166
1950s
243
1960s
340
1970s
1,256
1980s
767
1990s
1,180
2000s
2,501
2010s
952
Peaked in the 2000s · 7,796 total U.S. births since 1900