Kenyon
Kenyon was the 3707th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 663rd with 323 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,019 places. More babies were named Kenyon in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,707 boys, down 1,456 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 30boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2005323 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,164babies recorded
Kenyon popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 187 since 1969.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,707 | 30 |
| 2020 | #2,251 | 61 |
| 2010 | #1,091 | 177 |
| 2000 | #772 | 216 |
| 1990 | #1,213 | 82 |
| 1980 | #910 | 96 |
| 1970 | #972 | 69 |
| 1960 | #1,145 | 47 |
| 1950 | #1,783 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,768 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,732 | 19 |
| 1920 | #2,183 | 15 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kenyon, counting every spelling?
Kenyon is the most common spelling of a name family that had 30 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 30 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenyon | 30 | #3,707 | 188 |
| Kenyan | — | — | 48 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kenyon?
30 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kenyon (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kenyon born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 280 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kenyon.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kenyon?
About 7,100 people born in the US named Kenyon are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 19 and 44. That makes Kenyon mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kenyon by state
How common Kenyon was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kenyon: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kenyon, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kenyon
How popular is the name Kenyon?
Kenyon was the 3707th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 663rd with 323 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,019 places. More babies were named Kenyon in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Kenyon a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kenyon in the US.
Where is Kenyon most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kenyon was most common in Ohio (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.