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How popular is “Kenton” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kenton” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kenton” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kenton” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kenton” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kenton” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kenton” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kenton” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 8 0.000008097 8 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 12 0.000008473 12 -100%
1915 15 0.000008186 15 -100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 -100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 -100%
1918 22 0.000010133 22 -100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 -100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 -100%
1921 26 0.000011137 26 -100%
1922 28 0.000012232 28 -100%
1923 16 0.000006949 16 -100%
1924 24 0.000010077 24 -100%
1925 32 0.000013714 32 -100%
1926 15 0.000006533 15 -100%
1927 22 0.000009485 22 -100%
1928 30 0.000013269 30 -100%
1929 24 0.000010948 24 -100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 -100%
1931 47 0.000022334 47 -100%
1932 41 0.000019419 41 -100%
1933 38 0.000019005 38 -100%
1934 30 0.000014445 30 -100%
1935 41 0.000019618 41 -100%
1936 42 0.000020216 42 -100%
1937 45 0.00002112 45 -100%
1938 33 0.000014915 33 -100%
1939 46 0.000020876 46 -100%
1940 35 0.0000152 35 -100%
1941 44 0.000018059 44 -100%
1942 48 0.000017571 48 -100%
1943 69 0.000024446 69 -100%
1944 67 0.000024906 67 -100%
1945 59 0.00002224 59 -100%
1946 90 0.000028166 90 -100%
1947 91 0.000025261 91 -100%
1948 81 0.000023461 81 -100%
1949 97 0.000027835 97 -100%
1950 98 0.000027973 98 -100%
1951 133 0.000036105 133 -100%
1952 122 0.000032122 122 -100%
1953 124 0.000032177 124 -100%
1954 156 0.000039189 156 -100%
1955 145 0.000036114 145 -100%
1956 151 0.000036623 151 -100%
1957 150 0.000035696 150 -100%
1958 174 0.000042091 174 -100%
1959 157 0.000037759 157 -100%
1960 157 0.000037797 157 -100%
1961 136 0.000032832 136 -100%
1962 152 0.000037667 152 -100%
1963 174 0.000043959 174 -100%
1964 151 0.000038841 151 -100%
1965 129 0.000035582 129 -100%
1966 115 0.000033087 115 -100%
1967 121 0.000035642 121 -100%
1968 122 0.000036112 122 -100%
1969 111 0.000031939 111 -100%
1970 98 0.000027173 98 -100%
1971 116 0.000033796 116 -100%
1972 83 0.000026408 83 -100%
1973 85 0.000028175 85 -100%
1974 88 0.000028947 88 -100%
1975 91 0.000030138 91 -100%
1976 82 0.000027024 82 -100%
1977 93 0.000029278 93 -100%
1978 100 0.000031507 100 -100%
1979 98 0.000029456 98 -100%
1980 121 0.000035128 121 -100%
1981 110 0.000031798 110 -100%
1982 125 0.000035633 125 -100%
1983 146 0.000042156 146 -100%
1984 166 0.000047581 166 -100%
1985 136 0.000038105 136 -100%
1986 148 0.000041607 148 -100%
1987 147 0.00004077 147 -100%
1988 144 0.000038971 144 -100%
1989 150 0.000039017 150 -100%
1990 139 0.000035168 139 -100%
1991 152 0.000039022 152 -100%
1992 134 0.000034884 134 -100%
1993 133 0.000035276 133 -100%
1994 140 0.000037658 140 -100%
1995 156 0.000042598 156 -100%
1996 139 0.000038111 139 -100%
1997 145 0.000039992 145 -100%
1998 142 0.000038606 142 -100%
1999 132 0.000035735 132 -100%
2000 142 0.000037567 142 -100%
2001 114 0.000030454 114 -100%
2002 109 0.000029158 109 -100%
2003 133 0.000034979 133 -100%
2004 131 0.000034285 131 -100%
2005 122 0.000031731 122 -100%
2006 139 0.000035135 139 -100%
2007 125 0.000031268 125 -100%
2008 136 0.0000346 136 -100%
2009 152 0.000039789 152 -100%
2010 111 0.000030035 111 -100%
2011 136 0.000037181 136 -100%
2012 163 0.000044568 163 -100%
2013 163 0.000044711 163 -100%
2014 188 0.000050723 188 -100%
2015 182 0.000049177 182 -100%
2016 159 0.00004334 159 -100%
2017 137 0.000038309 137 -100%
2018 128 0.000036406 128 -100%
2019 126 0.000036301 126 -100%
2020 115 0.000034425 115 -100%
2021 96 0.000028336 96 -100%
2022 96 0.000028376 96 -100%
2023 75 0.00002265 75 -100%
2024 70 0.00002103 70 -100%

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