as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of various places so called. The one in Devon gets its name from the British river name Kenn + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’ the one in north-west London is from the Old English personal name Cēna + tūn; the one in Northumberland is from Old English cyne- ‘royal’ + tūn.
| 2,490th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,006
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kansas
- has the most people named Kenton per capita
- 1984
- marked the height of its popularity
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100%
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22%
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