Given name & surname
Kenyon
“a blonde-haired man”
Kenyon is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “a blonde-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a blonde-haired man.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kenyon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,164
- 7,977 boys · 187 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 323 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #3,707 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,707 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 323 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,047 as a first name in 2020; 12,274 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kenyon’s family of names
Kenyon has a related form in Kenyan. Kenyon has a related form in Kenyen. Kenyon has a related form in Kenyin.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kenyon
- Kenyon MartinAmerican basketball player (born 1977)
- Kenyon CoxAmerican artist (1856-1919)
- Kenyon Martin Jr.American basketball player (born 2001)
- Kenyon HopkinsAmerican composer who composed many film scores in a jazz idiom (1912-1983)
- Kenyon SadiqAmerican football tight end
- Kenyon JonesMacedonian basketball player (1977–2005)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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