How popular is the name Kenyon?

Kenyon ranks 1,139th among boys' names in US records, with 9,340 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 731.

Is Kenyon a unisex name?

No. Kenyon is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2005, when 397 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kenyan, Kenyen. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,139 of boy names

Pronounced K EH1 N Y AH0 N (ARPABET)

Kenyon is a boys' name, and first appears in 1914. It has been given to 9,340 children — the 1,139th most common boys' name on record.

It is falling away, down 73% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2005, when 397 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Kenyan and Kenyen — because they are pronounced identically.

2005Boys: 397Girls: 0

These spellings sound identical to Kenyon and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Kenyon?: Kenyon ranks 1,139th among boys' names in US records, with 9,340 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 731.
Is Kenyon a unisex name?: No. Kenyon is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kenyon most popular?: 2005, when 397 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Kenyon spelled?: Kenyan, Kenyen. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.