Given name

Kenten

Kenten is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Kenten isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Kenten through the years

Babies since 1880
39
39 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2002
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01234198020002025Highest share 20020.0
Kenten in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1978–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2002.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Kenten’s family of names

Kenten has a related form in Kenton.

Walk Kenten’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Kenten, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Keywon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Brinden

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Kahden

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Deaven

0Not recently recorded

76% boys · 24% girls

Modern

Kaelen

“a mighty warrior”

17Very rareCooling

90% boys · 10% girls

Modern

Cadon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Karandeep

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Irish · Modern

Cowan

“from the hollow near the hill; one of twins”

11Very rare

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kenten’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Kenten

A sister for Kenten