Fun Facts About the Name Fenton
- More than 2 thousand babies named Fenton: U.S. records list 2,046 babies given the name Fenton from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Fenton Mean?
Fenton is an English name meaning "fen settlement" or "settlement in the fen." It comes from the Old English elements fenn, "fen" or "marsh," and tūn, "enclosure, estate, settlement." The second element is the common place-name term that appears as -ton in many English names, including Fenton; the first is the ancestor of Modern English fen.
Fenton Name History & Origins
The surname Fenton is a habitational name from one or more English villages. Several places in England are called Fenton, including Fenton in Staffordshire, now part of Stoke-on-Trent, and Fenton in Lincolnshire. People who came from one of these places could be identified by its name, and in time the byname became a hereditary surname. Because more than one village shares the name, different Fenton families may have taken the surname from different places.
As a first name, Fenton is a transferred use of the surname. It also appears in literature: in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Fenton is a suitor of Anne Page. That literary use is separate from the name's origin as an English place name.
How Popular is the Name Fenton?
Fenton recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1922. Its best rank was #758 in 1895.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,923 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #7,377 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #8,457 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #8,521 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #5,406 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #5,319 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2019 | #4,523 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2018 | #3,920 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2017 | #4,365 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2016 | #3,465 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2015 | #3,043 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2014 | #5,318 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2013 | #4,371 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #3,190 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2011 | #4,551 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #5,570 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #4,808 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #4,591 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #3,818 | 27 | 0.0013% |
| 2006 | #5,149 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #5,379 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #8,383 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #7,439 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #7,225 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #7,099 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #9,071 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #10,135 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #8,131 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #7,965 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #7,773 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #6,757 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #5,122 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #5,822 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #7,653 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #5,115 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #5,521 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #6,885 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #4,015 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #6,591 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #3,549 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #3,936 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #3,931 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #3,898 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #4,696 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #3,941 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #4,066 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #3,199 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #3,028 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1971 | #2,868 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #2,547 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1969 | #2,007 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1968 | #2,488 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1967 | #2,179 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1966 | #2,525 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1965 | #1,948 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1964 | #2,142 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1963 | #2,455 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1962 | #1,870 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1961 | #1,753 | 22 | 0.0010% |
| 1960 | #1,787 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1959 | #2,001 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1958 | #1,459 | 29 | 0.0014% |
| 1957 | #1,908 | 18 | 0.0008% |
| 1956 | #2,120 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1955 | #1,749 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1954 | #1,849 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1953 | #1,528 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1952 | #2,578 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1951 | #2,082 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1950 | #1,714 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1949 | #1,723 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1948 | #1,840 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1947 | #1,872 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1946 | #1,907 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1945 | #2,041 | 12 | 0.0009% |
| 1944 | #1,595 | 19 | 0.0014% |
| 1943 | #2,012 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1942 | #1,761 | 17 | 0.0012% |
| 1941 | #1,344 | 25 | 0.0020% |
| 1940 | #1,492 | 21 | 0.0018% |
| 1939 | #1,744 | 16 | 0.0014% |
| 1938 | #1,923 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1937 | #2,027 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1936 | #1,670 | 17 | 0.0016% |
| 1935 | #1,611 | 19 | 0.0018% |
| 1934 | #1,299 | 27 | 0.0026% |
| 1933 | #1,316 | 26 | 0.0026% |
| 1932 | #1,523 | 22 | 0.0021% |
| 1931 | #1,508 | 22 | 0.0021% |
| 1930 | #1,665 | 20 | 0.0018% |
| 1929 | #2,657 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1928 | #1,492 | 25 | 0.0023% |
| 1927 | #1,184 | 37 | 0.0033% |
| 1926 | #1,132 | 40 | 0.0036% |
| 1925 | #1,190 | 36 | 0.0032% |
| 1924 | #1,256 | 34 | 0.0030% |
| 1923 | #1,286 | 32 | 0.0029% |
| 1922 | #1,124 | 40 | 0.0037% |
| 1921 | #1,400 | 29 | 0.0026% |
| 1920 | #1,242 | 34 | 0.0032% |
| 1919 | #1,106 | 39 | 0.0040% |
| 1918 | #1,200 | 34 | 0.0034% |
| 1917 | #1,609 | 21 | 0.0023% |
| 1916 | #1,352 | 26 | 0.0029% |
| 1915 | #1,025 | 39 | 0.0046% |
| 1914 | #1,239 | 23 | 0.0035% |
| 1913 | #1,183 | 19 | 0.0037% |
| 1912 | #1,197 | 16 | 0.0037% |
| 1911 | #1,606 | 6 | 0.0027% |
| 1910 | #1,349 | 7 | 0.0036% |
| 1909 | #1,193 | 7 | 0.0043% |
| 1908 | #1,145 | 7 | 0.0045% |
| 1907 | #894 | 10 | 0.0068% |
| 1906 | #814 | 10 | 0.0075% |
| 1905 | #1,029 | 7 | 0.0053% |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 7 | 0.0055% |
| 1903 | #865 | 8 | 0.0067% |
| 1902 | #1,194 | 5 | 0.0041% |
| 1901 | #987 | 6 | 0.0056% |
| 1900 | #1,384 | 5 | 0.0033% |
| 1898 | #917 | 7 | 0.0057% |
| 1897 | #1,121 | 5 | 0.0044% |
| 1895 | #758 | 9 | 0.0077% |
| 1894 | #1,138 | 5 | 0.0043% |
| 1888 | #856 | 7 | 0.0058% |
| 1883 | #948 | 5 | 0.0048% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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