girls:
187 births since 1969
#5529 (3rd percentile)
boys:
7.9k births since 1914
#1324 (71st percentile)
overall:
8.1k births since 1914
#3008 (61st percentile)
The name Kenyon is the #3,008 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,102 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 61.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,324 (71.1% percentile) for all time with 7,915 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,529 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 187 births since 1969.
Kenyon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1969 for girls).
The name Kenyon has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.7% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Kenyon reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 35.2% percentile (ranked #566) with 152 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 152 births per million (ranked 35.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2006, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kenyon ranks #884 for boys (3.0% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 11.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kenyon reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #738) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kenyon".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kenyon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.7% confident that Kenyon is pronounced as KEH-nyuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-nee-uhn, at 9.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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