Kennan
- Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Given to boys 95.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,223since 1952
Kennan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kennan has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,446 | 13 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,166 | 9 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,235 | 17 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,951 | 19 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,918 | 19 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | — | #5,289 | 17 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,538 | 21 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,885 | 26 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,812 | 27 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,429 | 22 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #3,823 | 27 |
| 2007 | — | #3,135 | 36 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,888 | 25 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,447 | 28 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,599 | 41 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,847 | 34 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,882 | 32 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,864 | 32 | |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #2,621 | 35 |
| 1999 | — | #2,865 | 29 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #2,552 | 33 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #2,535 | 30 |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,215 | 21 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,577 | 28 | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #2,532 | 28 |
| 1991 | — | #2,683 | 25 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,058 | 20 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,469 | 26 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | — | #2,838 | 18 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,599 | 12 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,692 | 11 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,430 | 12 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
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| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,315 | 13 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1952
The first year at least five boys were named Kennan! It came in at #2,875, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1971, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kennan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kennan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kennan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 247 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #6,446)
- 1,211 spots since 2020 (#5,235 → #6,446)
- 1,157 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1959 at #2,033 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 8 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 48,414
- Highest: 1 in 48,414 boys born in 2004 were named Kennan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,033 in 1959, was only 1 in 133,407 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 25.5% of all boys named Kennan (312) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 77 | #2,033 (1959) | #2,762 |
| 1960s | 112 | #2,070 (1961) | #2,646 |
| 1970s | 54 | #2,739 (1970) | #3,852 |
| 1980s | 136 | #2,469 (1989) | #3,493 |
| 1990s | 261 | #2,532 (1992) | #2,811 |
| 2000s | 312 | #2,599 (2004) | #3,254 |
| 2010s | 191 | #3,812 (2010) | #5,056 |
| 2020s | 80 | #5,235 (2020) | #6,467 |
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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