Fenton
Fenton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 758th, in 1895.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192240 births
- Best rank
- #758in 1895
- Since 1883
- 2,034people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,034 boys have been named Fenton in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 40 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Fenton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | |
| 1890s | 26 | |
| 1900s | 72 | |
| 1910s | 230 | |
| 1920s | 317 | |
| 1930s | 196 | |
| 1940s | 176 | |
| 1950s | 185 | |
| 1960s | 161 | |
| 1970s | 82 | |
| 1980s | 80 | |
| 1990s | 46 | |
| 2000s | 135 | |
| 2010s | 253 | |
| 2020s | 63 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Fenton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1922 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Fenton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aciepeak 1928
- Hustonpeak 1922
- Earliepeak 1922
- Frazierpeak 1919
- Johniepeak 1920
- Cecilpeak 1920
- Hosiepeak 1923
- Cyrilpeak 1916
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.