Kennet
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 214since 1938
Kennet over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kennet 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 | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
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| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
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| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
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| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
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| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
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| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
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| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
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First appearance
1938
The first year at least five boys were named Kennet! It came in at #2,868, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1939–1955, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kennet is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kennet in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1959 at #2,295 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1960, 1 yr 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 158,450
- Highest: 1 in 158,450 boys born in 1938 were named Kennet (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,295 in 1959, was only 1 in 164,194 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 20.6% of all boys named Kennet (44) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 7 | #2,868 (1938) | #2,868 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 43 | #2,295 (1959) | #3,362 |
| 1960s | 44 | #2,322 (1961) | #3,369 |
| 1970s | 12 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,372 |
| 1980s | 18 | #5,785 (1985) | #5,933 |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,770 (1994) | #7,770 |
| 2000s | 38 | #7,998 (2006) | #8,980 |
| 2010s | 34 | #10,717 (2014) | #11,248 |
| 2020s | 12 | #9,894 (2024) | #10,958 |
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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