Keneth
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1956 · 29 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,467since 1914
Keneth over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Keneth has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #5,927 | 15 |
| 2022 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #4,160 | 24 |
| 2008 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #3,528 | 27 |
| 2004 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | #1,650 | 23 |
| 1967 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #1,723 | 20 |
| 1965 | #1,513 | 26 |
| 1964 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1962 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #1,619 | 25 |
| 1959 | #1,916 | 18 |
| 1958 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | #1,443 | 29 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | #2,135 | 13 |
| 1950 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,656 | 18 |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1928 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,023 | 9 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,101 | 10 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Keneth! It came in at #2,101, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Keneth is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Keneth in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,509 spots since 2024 (#8,312 → #6,803)
- 1,936 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #6,803)
- 1,941 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #6,803)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1956 at #1,443 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 52,208
- Highest: 1 in 52,208 boys born in 1932 were named Keneth (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,443 in 1956, was only 1 in 72,941 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 14.7% of all boys named Keneth (215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 54 | #2,101 (1914) | #2,408 |
| 1920s | 125 | #1,672 (1929) | #2,552 |
| 1930s | 154 | #1,584 (1932) | #1,919 |
| 1940s | 122 | #1,772 (1945) | #2,160 |
| 1950s | 176 | #1,443 (1956) | #1,904 |
| 1960s | 215 | #1,479 (1962) | #1,756 |
| 1970s | 96 | #2,366 (1971) | #3,844 |
| 1980s | 88 | #3,098 (1980) | #4,376 |
| 1990s | 92 | #3,854 (1995) | #5,637 |
| 2000s | 197 | #3,423 (2000) | #4,512 |
| 2010s | 87 | #5,945 (2011) | #8,693 |
| 2020s | 61 | #5,927 (2023) | #8,126 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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