Kenyon

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning keen or sharp edge.

Babies a year
70
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kenyon by the numbers

Kenyon was given to 70 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 322 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kenyon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kentonsettlement of the keen or royal estate133 in the US (2017)
  • Keyon102 in the US (2017)
  • Kanyon35 in the US (2017)
  • Kendon28 in the US (2017)
  • Kenson21 in the US (2017)
  • Kennon17 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kenyon

Names that are said the same way as Kenyon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Kenyon

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